Draft of Git Rev News edition 1

2015-03-22 Thread Christian Couder
Hi, A draft of Git Rev News edition 1 is available here: https://github.com/git/git.github.io/blob/master/rev_news/draft/edition-1.md Everyone is welcome to contribute in any section either by editing the above page on GitHub and sending a pull request, or by commenting on this GitHub issue

Re: Draft of Git Rev News edition 1

2015-03-22 Thread Christian Couder
On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 12:21 PM, David Kastrup d...@gnu.org wrote: I've seen David Kastrup (dak at gnu.org) previously reimplemented significant parts of git blame for a vast gain in performance with complex histories and large files. As working on free software is his sole

Re: Draft of Git Rev News edition 1

2015-03-22 Thread David Kastrup
Christian Couder christian.cou...@gmail.com writes: Hi, A draft of Git Rev News edition 1 is available here: https://github.com/git/git.github.io/blob/master/rev_news/draft/edition-1.md Everyone is welcome to contribute in any section either by editing the above page on GitHub and sending

Re: Draft of Git Rev News edition 1

2015-03-22 Thread Junio C Hamano
Thanks. The most important question I would ask you is this: Did you two enjoy writing it? That ends up counting the most, as it affects the quality of the end result (readers would enjoy reading it and feel the love you put into its production), and also its longer term relevance (if it gets

Re: Draft of Git Rev News edition 1

2015-03-22 Thread David Kastrup
Thomas Ferris Nicolaisen tfn...@gmail.com writes: On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 12:21 PM, David Kastrup d...@gnu.org wrote: David Kastrup (dak at gnu.org) previously reimplemented significant parts of git blame for a vast gain in performance with complex histories and large files. As

Re: Draft of Git Rev News edition 1

2015-03-22 Thread Thomas Ferris Nicolaisen
On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 12:21 PM, David Kastrup d...@gnu.org wrote: David Kastrup (dak at gnu.org) previously reimplemented significant parts of git blame for a vast gain in performance with complex histories and large files. As working on free software is his sole source of

Re: Draft of Git Rev News edition 1

2015-03-22 Thread Thomas Ferris Nicolaisen
On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 7:47 PM, Junio C Hamano gits...@pobox.com wrote: Thanks. The most important question I would ask you is this: Did you two enjoy writing it? To be clear, apart from some minor wording and nitpicking, I only contributed the links from outside the list. This is an

Re: Draft of Git Rev News edition 1

2015-03-22 Thread Junio C Hamano
Thomas Ferris Nicolaisen tfn...@gmail.com writes: Good point. There hasn't been a decision on frequency. Weekly is a good rhythm for publications seeking readership, but that's a lot of work. My vote is we should first aim for a monthly consistent release. I'll try working this into the

Re: Draft of Git Rev News edition 1

2015-03-22 Thread Christian Couder
On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 5:49 AM, Junio C Hamano gits...@pobox.com wrote: Thomas Ferris Nicolaisen tfn...@gmail.com writes: Good point. There hasn't been a decision on frequency. Weekly is a good rhythm for publications seeking readership, but that's a lot of work. My vote is we should first