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Drew is still working on SourceHut:

https://sourcehut.org/blog/2025-11-20-whats-cooking-q4-2025/

Thanks. My information was outdated.

I believe Drew was taking a "break" from it, but not stepping away in any permanent sense. It's probably better for him to stay involved. I'd like to see him push his idea further. It's great to have options.

I’m glad they have robust support for email based patching but it’s a hard sell for people getting in to the platform.

I agree that there is a steep learning curve compared to Github pull requests or Gitlab merge requests, but like many things the steep learning curve actually hides a very powerful tool. A famous example is the Linux Kernel, a project of such a size that simply can not work with the Github/Gitlab model.

I would use the word "exception" rather than "example".

I doubt the next generation of programmers will have any idea what it means to contribute code "by mailing list".

I think it's probably a great filter for getting people who are actually interested in contributing. Lowering the bar for contribution hasn't really turned out to be useful in any real sense, in my experience.