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

[Jason House]

On Jun 3, 2010, at 2:17 PM, Leandro Lucarella <llucax at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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?

 From the original steps: 5bis, 6, and an equivalent of 1 for copy/ 
paste of the URL. 5bis is really 90% (or more) of the work which is  
why the exact version control methodology is almost unimportant.

I'm not trying to argue for/against svn/git. I just want to ensure a  
balanced presentation of facts.