On Thu, 22 May 2014 03:43:15 -0000 Kurt H Maier <k...@sciops.net> wrote: > > But all the DVCS in the world doesn't let us see code that is never uploaded > in the first place. I can't even count the number of programs that are only > even known by oral tradition, mentioned only in passing, then never to be > heard of again. "Oh, I'll upload it when it's ready." Years go past: nobody > has even defined 'ready.' Nowadays when someone says "it's not ready for > the world to see" I just read "I am a liar and I have nothing."
I submit not having a proper DVCS is part of the problem for this. The reason github is so successful is because it is so easy to upload code and then to collaborate, get bug fixes etc. While some incomplete code in one's own src tree may not get looked at for a long time and ultimately may never see the light of the day. Github should use the slogan "it doesn't /have/ to be ready for the world to see!".
