On 4/25/15, Matt Welland <mattrwell...@gmail.com> wrote: > There is no need for a forks page. All that is needed is to keep developers > informed ...
To my ears, those two sentences directly contradict one another. The purpose of the web interface (at least the purpose for which it was originally created) is to promote situational awareness. The idea is that a developer (or project manager or BDFL) can quickly glance at a few pages and gain a good understanding of what is going on with the whole project, on all its various branches. Links are provided to dig down into details as desired. The intent is to help all participates maintain an accurate mental model of the project and avoid "tunnel vision" wherein they only see their little piece and miss the big picture. It seems to me that a page showing forks might well maintain situational awareness. -- D. Richard Hipp d...@sqlite.org _______________________________________________ fossil-users mailing list fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users
