[dmd-internals] DVCS and patches feedback [was: dmd commit, revision 515]

[Leandro Lucarella]

Jason House, el  3 de junio a las 11:42 me escribiste:
> On Jun 3, 2010, at 10:28 AM, Leandro Lucarella <llucax at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> >Brad Roberts, el  2 de junio a las 22:25 me escribiste:
> >>
> >>
> >>For my 2 cents:
> >>
> >>The dcvs systems are still too user unfriendly (though git is
> >>the only one I've
> >>used for more than toying around, I've looked at a couple others
> >>at least a little).
> >
> >I don't think they are user unfriendly, is just a mind change you have
> >to do. It's hard to change, it might have a steep learning curve, but
> >once you set your mind around it, it's really easy to use (and very
> >friendly, really, they put a lot of focus on usability; and I'm
> >talking
> >about git too).
> 
> steep learning curve == user unfriendly
> 
> Anything is usable with enough practice...

I don't agree, but I won't continue talking about this subject, it was
not my intention to start a VCS-war. =)

> >>Additionally, I don't find the "put ready patches in bugzilla" to be
> >>particularly problematic at all from my end.
> >
> >Me either! I'm not suggesting stop using bugzilla at all! What I
> >suggest
> >is to keep bugzilla as it is, but add a simple extra line "You can
> >pull
> >this patch from my repo at URL, branch BRANCH".
> >
> >The Walter's job goes from:
> >1) Copy the text from bugzilla
> >2) Open a text file
> >3) Paste the text
> >4) Save the text file
> >5) Apply the patch
> >5bis) Maybe modify the patch in some way
> >6) Commit, writing a commit message
> >
> >To:
> >1) run git pull URL BRANCH
> 
> You're stacking the deck by skipping steps you put in the other list.

What steps?

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