Also a benefit of being on Git for contrib would mean I don't have to pull ClojureCLR and other stuff I don't want into my clone. It would make it less "kitchen junk drawer".
Another benefit of being on Git is people can fork, fix and send you pull requests (which you can accept or not at your discretion). It just encourages easy fork/branch/collaborate. On Apr 16, 7:33 am, dysinger <dysin...@gmail.com> wrote: > "There's no way to get fixes without also getting enhancements" ---- > unless ---- you use a non-linear source control like Git. (please > switch?) :) > > Ok no flames please - but since we have switched to Git nearly 2 years > ago we have been blessed with it's abilities to keep a stable branch > "master" and a RC branch "next" going with the freedom to try anything > in the background (topic branches). Branching is easy, cheap and fun > and I create a branch for every new bugfix or feature. > > It's a thing of beauty and I could never go back to SVN or CVS. I > would switch to Hg first (badomp bomp *ching*) :) Just my $0.02 > > On Apr 16, 6:53 am, Rich Hickey <richhic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > - Development process stability > > > Currently all new work (fixes and enhancements) occurs in trunk. > > There's no way to get fixes without also getting enhancements. I think > > this is the major missing piece in offering stable numbered releases. > > While I've cut a branch for each of the prior two releases, no one has > > ever submitted a bugfix patch for either. If people are going to want > > to work with a particular release version for an extended period of > > time, someone (other than me) will have to produce patches of (only!) > > fixes from the trunk for the release branch, and occasionally produce > > point releases (1.0.x) from that branch. I'd like to continue to do > > the bulk of my work in trunk, without messing anyone up or forcing > > everyone to follow along. > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
