Re: What is acceptable as 'open-source'? [was Python vs C++]

2014-08-28 Thread Chris Angelico
On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 11:44 PM, Frank Millman wrote: > I *think* I have created a project on GitHub and uploaded my software there. > It is called "AccInABox". https://github.com/FrankMillman/AccInABox Seems to be all there! You seem to have a default README.md as well as your README that has

Re: What is acceptable as 'open-source'? [was Python vs C++]

2014-08-28 Thread Frank Millman
"Chris Angelico" wrote in message news:captjjmp_jfxth_l6us30gbotmbyhw_imu-pjdglevgj2nut...@mail.gmail.com... > On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 5:50 PM, Frank Millman wrote: >> >> This is quite a timely message for me. I am inching closer to releasing a >> version of my accounting software, and a lot of

Re: What is acceptable as 'open-source'?

2014-08-27 Thread Chris Angelico
On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 3:31 PM, Marko Rauhamaa wrote: > I'd venture to say files are quite independent most of the time. That's > why such merges have been facilitated to the point that negates the > "feature" you mentioned. Nobody cares to take the trouble of analyzing > the validity of automati

Re: What is acceptable as 'open-source'?

2014-08-27 Thread Marko Rauhamaa
Chris Angelico : > On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 3:14 AM, Marko Rauhamaa wrote: >> parallel changes always result in a conflict that requires merging. > > This is a feature, not a problem. As far as most version control > systems are concerned, files aren't independent. However, the merge > should be t

Re: hg, git, fossil, ... [was Re: What is acceptable as 'open-source'? [was Python vs C++]]

2014-08-27 Thread Chris Angelico
On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 4:51 AM, Skip Montanaro wrote: > The "simple hg commands" are generally not all that different (in my limited > experience) than the "simple git commands," for some definition of "simple." > Stuff like clone, init, push, pull, commit, the small number of commands you > use

Re: What is acceptable as 'open-source'?

2014-08-27 Thread Chris Angelico
On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 3:14 AM, Marko Rauhamaa wrote: > Thanks for the tip. I've been looking for the magic bullet since I had > to abandon Sun's TeamWare years back. Unfortunately, fossil seems to > suffer from the same problem as git and hg: they all consider the whole > repository to be the ve

Re: What is acceptable as 'open-source'? [was Python vs C++]

2014-08-27 Thread Christian Gollwitzer
Am 27.08.14 09:50, schrieb Frank Millman: This is quite a timely message for me. I am inching closer to releasing a version of my accounting software, and a lot of the above comments apply to me as well. At present I am the only developer, and my project is not hosted anywhere, so I have to decid

Re: hg, git, fossil, ... [was Re: What is acceptable as 'open-source'? [was Python vs C++]]

2014-08-27 Thread Skip Montanaro
On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 1:26 PM, Ethan Furman wrote: > I use hg because 1) python-dev uses hg; and 2) I understand the simple hg > commands. I find git confusing, and my main uses are commit, pull, update, > an occasional merge, and a rare rollback -- not complicated stuff. The "simple hg comm

Re: hg, git, fossil, ... [was Re: What is acceptable as 'open-source'? [was Python vs C++]]

2014-08-27 Thread Ethan Furman
On 08/27/2014 11:51 AM, Skip Montanaro wrote: Thank God for StackOverflow. :-) +1 QotW -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

hg, git, fossil, ... [was Re: What is acceptable as 'open-source'? [was Python vs C++]]

2014-08-27 Thread Ethan Furman
On 08/27/2014 10:29 AM, Rustom Mody wrote: Git has won the battle Good thing there's room for more than one technology. I use hg because 1) python-dev uses hg; and 2) I understand the simple hg commands. I find git confusing, and my main uses are commit, pull, update, an occasional merge, a

Re: What is acceptable as 'open-source'?

2014-08-27 Thread Rustom Mody
On Wednesday, August 27, 2014 10:44:37 PM UTC+5:30, Marko Rauhamaa wrote: > Paul Rubin : > > "Frank Millman" writes: > >> I could stick to hg (or git) but I have recently come across fossil, > >> and it seems ideal for my needs. Has anyone used it? > > I've played with it. It's incredibly impressi

Re: What is acceptable as 'open-source'? [was Python vs C++]

2014-08-27 Thread Rustom Mody
On Wednesday, August 27, 2014 5:24:40 PM UTC+5:30, Ned Batchelder wrote: > On 8/27/14 3:50 AM, Frank Millman wrote: > > "Ian Kelly" wrote in message > >> Ugh. There seems to be no public repository, and the only source to be > >> found is from release-versioned tarballs, so there's apparently no >

Re: What is acceptable as 'open-source'?

2014-08-27 Thread Marko Rauhamaa
Paul Rubin : > "Frank Millman" writes: >> I could stick to hg (or git) but I have recently come across fossil, >> and it seems ideal for my needs. Has anyone used it? > > I've played with it. It's incredibly impressive for such a > comparatively small program. Thanks for the tip. I've been looki

Re: What is acceptable as 'open-source'?

2014-08-27 Thread Paul Rubin
"Frank Millman" writes: > I could stick to hg (or git) but I have recently come across fossil, > and it seems ideal for my needs. Has anyone used it? I've played with it. It's incredibly impressive for such a comparatively small program. But, it's kind of niche, and even hg has become niche, e

Re: What is acceptable as 'open-source'? [was Python vs C++]

2014-08-27 Thread Ned Batchelder
On 8/27/14 3:50 AM, Frank Millman wrote: "Ian Kelly" wrote in message news:calwzidkro_hryamwxbk0go-w1oj6ty6myb_c5vhxb6okgol...@mail.gmail.com... Ugh. There seems to be no public repository, and the only source to be found is from release-versioned tarballs, so there's apparently no collaborat

Re: What is acceptable as 'open-source'? [was Python vs C++]

2014-08-27 Thread Chris Angelico
On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 5:50 PM, Frank Millman wrote: > > This is quite a timely message for me. I am inching closer to releasing a > version of my accounting software, and a lot of the above comments apply to > me as well. At present I am the only developer, and my project is not hosted > anywher

Re: What is acceptable as 'open-source'? [was Python vs C++]

2014-08-27 Thread Frank Millman
"Ian Kelly" wrote in message news:calwzidkro_hryamwxbk0go-w1oj6ty6myb_c5vhxb6okgol...@mail.gmail.com... > > Ugh. There seems to be no public repository, and the only source to be > found is from release-versioned tarballs, so there's apparently no > collaboration other than some forums for repor