On Oct 11, 2013, at 6:37 AM, Torsten Curdt <tcu...@vafer.org> wrote:
>> There is no proof that more contributors will suddenly appear just >> because the tool has changed. > > The numbers James brought tell a different story. > Maybe just a very specific indicator and not scientific - but so is your > claim that it does not change anything at all. > Question for James - how many new committers did they get? Random drive by pull requests won't help us. We already get more patches than we can evaluate and apply in a timely fashion. The key question is will the git move net us new committers. I suspect the answer is yes but it would be great to hear from others that is the case. Phil > > >> As people noted, a contributor can fairly easily do >> $ svn co ... >> ... modify trunk ... >> $ svn diff > issue.patch >> >> I can hardly see how this 2-steps procedure can be a barrier to new >> bringing new contributions. > > Maybe for tiny fixes it's that easy - for longer contribution where you > follow development it's not. > > Anyway - I'll try not to get sucked into this discussion again. > Just wanted to state that I think it could be a good thing. > > cheers, > Torsten --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
