Mail Archives: geda-user/2015/07/19/19:34:27
Britton Kerin (britton DOT kerin AT gmail DOT com)
[via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
> * some people really hate git
There are probably also people who hate fossil ...
> and to be fair the commands and
> options you have to learn are confusing and not easily memorable at
> first (though they make great sense ultimately)
If you haven't worked with any version management before, the commands
make sense from day one (Been there experienced that). IMHO, this is a
case were acquired thinking habits get into the way of learning a new
tool.
BTW, there are quite a few GUIs for git which don't require
memorization of commands. I tend to recommend git-cola.
> * Having everyone get all the branches automatically with one
> command would likely make them a lot more accessible. It sounds
> stupid but if someone has to go do a separate clone to get a branch
> its just much less likely to actually happen
>
> * Getting rid of rebase is good, particularly if you hope to
> integrate lots of small branches like we're talking about,
Technical solutions seldom solve social problems. If there were no
branches, we'd probably have even more forks.
> * I like the idea of integrated bts/wiki as well,
It also includes a bug tracker. I can see how this leads some positive
synergy. However, the drawback that comes with an exotic system
remains.
IMHO, the quality of a wiki software depends even more on its
popularity. With a popular platform chances are that potential
contributors already know the basics form exposure to other wikis. In
addition, there will be a large amount of user contributed bells and
whistles in the form of plugins and templates. This is not all about
eye candy, but also about more technical topics like access
permissions, site navigation, or usability on mobile devices.
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