On Mar 20, 2010, at 6:31 AM, [email protected] wrote: >> I want to drop a general note and I say I think a lot of thinking is >> spent in this list about 'surface' things while no much is going on >> code-wise. > > > Pretty much sum it up. Is using SVN somehow hamstringing coders from > writing and contributing?
Yes. I want to be more inviting to those working on emerging platforms. > Looking at how many people like git on the > mailing list seems like forcing a switch to hg would just invite drama. > Everyone tolerates SVN right now but moving to hg/git seems akin to > starting a PC/Mac religious flamewar. Reasonable people should be able to use hg on some projects and git on others without a great deal of trauma. I prefer hg because it has better multiplatform support and documentation. > > There are other things that seem to have been mentioned that would have a > greater impact to the project like a rendering system revamp (yay), my > personal favorite getting the visual studio project file to some type of > feature parity with the makefile to attract more VS-only programmers, HG is more attractive to windows developers who can spend time working on these VS issues. > or > other practical stuff that zakk's mentioned like a website revamp and > collecting content for a possible ioq3 standalone package for people to > play with instead of being forced to use q3 or OA. I’d love to do that but it is a separate effort. > > The only impact for me, personally, will be that I will have to learn a > new tool and modify the how-to's in the forum and on the wiki, but I have > to question why the urge to switch from SVN. If it ain't broken, don't > fix it? Once again, for people who want to develop their own largish changesets to ioquake3 on platforms like windows, mac, and linux there is no easier tool for all three than hg. > I don't have a vested interest in or preference for either git or > hg; I just don't understand the logic behind switching a working VCS just > for the sake of switching it. See above. _______________________________________________ ioquake3 mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ioquake.org/listinfo.cgi/ioquake3-ioquake.org By sending this message I agree to love ioquake3 and libsdl.
