On 8/14/2011 3:42 PM, Lester Caine wrote:
Gwynne Raskind wrote:
The only real disadvantage to hg is having to handle python code to
maintain
> it, people might start converting from PHP;) Although phphgadmin is
a start
> to improving the php interface support and could be a good start at
a fully
> PHP managed interface to a PHP repo?
I'm starting to think we should take a cue from Linus and just do as
we did with bugsweb, newsweb, and so forth: Build our own
(Hg/Git-compatible) DVCS from scratch!
(I'm joking... mostly.)
It's not such a silly idea ... In reality both git and hg get modified
to provide custom facilities, so creating at least a clean php based
front end to a DVCS engine makes perfect sense. Especially if it links
in with bugsweb and perhaps highlights hotfix or other patch information
directly in the code base? Commits tag the relevant bug report
automatically? And patch accepts both hg and git inputs for those
without karma, or would commit for those with?
I have been more than happy with hg working into git repos I did simply
assume that there would be an extension for git to handle hg in the same
way, but it would appear not? As far as I can tell from the hggit
extension, mirroring the git information is not particularly difficult,
so a 'hybrid' that could provide both hg.php.net and git.php.net views
seems practical, and commits need to be managed via karma, so processing
that should not be difficult? But the problem area I still see is the
handling of submodule/subrepo commits where they cross several
submodules ... that was an area where custom scripts used to exist for a
couple of the projects I work with and I think THIS may be an area where
a scratch built interface may be a possible option.
If one is made from scratch, I propose calling it "Phit"!
Submodule support in both still leaves something to be desired. Instead
of divergence, a large project like PHP could swing enough influence and
developer base to benefit development for one or both of the DVCS's.
(Probably a pipe dream :o )
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