On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 1:13 PM, Laurens Van Houtven <_...@lvh.cc> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 8:00 PM, Kevin Horn <kevin.h...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> * Git is annoying. It's a pretty horrible piece of software in my >> opinion, and made some bad design decisions. >> > > magit makes it a lot more pleasant if you use emacs, by the way. > I don't. Emacs is also annoying. > > >> * Git essentially makes Windows a second-class environment (as did >> Combinator). We already have trouble recruiting Windows people, and >> IMO one of Twisted's strengths is that you can usually run things on >> Linux/MacOSX/Windows with very few cahnges, if any. >> > > I've been told this has *vastly* improved, but I don't know for sure since > I'm not a Windows user. > I've heard the same thing, but if what exists now is a _vast_ improvement, I shudder to think what it was like before. > > >> * it is unclear how Github would work with UQDS with regards to having a >> ticket for all new work. IMO this is even more important than code >> reviews. Would we just say: no pull requests will be accepted unless >> > > Your question got cut off. I think you wanted to say "there's a ticket for > that"? > exactly. > > >> * Assuming a change like this would take place, what would the plan be >> for transition? Would all the branches that are out there be >> migrate-able? What about all the Trac tickets, wiki, etc? >> > > The first thing I thought right after I thought "we're going to need a trac > to markdown converter" is "khorn is going to jump off a cliff next" ;-) > _almost_ funny :) > > >> . >> > >> * Since Twisted's current web presence _is_ a Trac site, who's going to >> step up and build a new website? Github/Bitbucket/Launchpad is _NOT_ >> a replacement for an actual "marketing" or "home page" type site. >> >> Absolutely not. I am *not* advocating replacing this site, simply having > something similar that isn't trac and isn't involved in the site > development. If anything, this separates the concerns of "home page style > site" and development site even clearer, IMO. > Well, the site would _have_ to be replaced by something, if Trac were to go away. But I think I understand what you mean. > > >> Kevin Horn >> >> cheers > lvh > > Kevin Horn
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