On Thu, Sep 9, 2021 at 4:00 PM Matthias Koeppe <matthiaskoe...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I use git-trac all the time, but I do agree that it is better for the > developer's manual to begin with standard git instructions and only describe > git-trac as an optional convenience tool. > We should avoid the impression that project-specific special tooling is > required if people want to contribute to the project.
Indeed. Also, we regularly get messages asking for help with "git trac", and the only way is usually to use "normal" git to fix these. Also a brief explanation of that "git trac" magic does in terms of plain git should be helpful. Dima > > Matthias > > On Thursday, September 9, 2021 at 1:43:58 AM UTC-7 Dima Pasechnik wrote: >> >> I think that 'git trac' is mainly used by the release manager - I >> won't recommend it to newcomers. >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 9, 2021 at 9:36 AM Vincent Delecroix >> <20100.d...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > +1 : Learning git is a useful skill. And a developer is likely to >> > know git already. >> > >> > Le 09/09/2021 à 09:49, Eric Gourgoulhon a écrit : >> > > Also the title of that section, "Git the hard way", should be changed. It >> > > should rather be "Git the *standard* way" IMHO. >> > > >> > > Eric. >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > Le mercredi 8 septembre 2021 à 00:47:44 UTC+2, Nils Bruin a écrit : >> > > >> > >> On: >> > >> >> > >> https://doc.sagemath.org/html/en/developer/manual_git.html >> > >> >> > >> it is suggested to start with >> > >> >> > >> git clone https://gitlab.com/sagemath/dev/tracmirror.git >> > >> >> > >> however, the gitlab mirror is stuck at 9.3. The github mirror tracks the >> > >> development tree much better. Shouldn't we be pointing people to that >> > >> instead? Or perhaps straight to trac.sagemath.org ? >> > >> >> > >> Incidentally, on FC 33 and FC 34, the default settings are pretty strict >> > >> for cryptographic signatures, and "ssh g...@trac.sagemath.org info" >> > >> fails >> > >> as a result. A way of making FC >=33 more accepting of outdated >> > >> signature >> > >> schemes is by: >> > >> >> > >> sudo update-crypto-policies --set LEGACY >> > >> >> > > >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> > "sage-devel" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> > email to sage-devel+...@googlegroups.com. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-devel/510102cf-26fc-f834-4d6c-d5865a1e5b8b%40gmail.com. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sage-devel" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-devel/2817e314-bea1-47c0-8814-0d7f6f26b86en%40googlegroups.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-devel/CAAWYfq3Dh_Cp_3xQ00dbOsmBtzqExYfqYYV65QoCenAnRB2Gcw%40mail.gmail.com.
