On Samstag, 23. April 2016 15:17:24 CEST John Layt wrote: > On 22 April 2016 at 13:15, Thomas Pfeiffer <thomas.pfeif...@kde.org> wrote: > > So, where should we put one now? Or is there already one someplace else? > > I'd probably vote for KF5::KCoreAddons as it's the closest thing we > have to kdelibs. The reason it was in kdelibs rather than just on the > wiki was so that when it was changed everyone would automatically get > the updated version without having to do anything, and kdelibs was the > one place we could guarantee almost every dev would have checked out > and updated regularly. I'm not sure we have one place like that > anymore. > > If we had a proper sdk I'd say to put it there, so perhaps we finally > need a new repo for this and other things like a default .gitconfig, > .gitignore and other useful scripts, and maybe even default > kdesrc-build config files? > > John.
Yes, a default .gitconfig would be much more convenient than having to enter what feels like a ton of "git config" commands. So yes, some repository which people could just clone to get everything they need to get started would surely make it easier for new contributors. > P.S. Thanks for the updates to the Git pages, been a while since I > last checked them for correctness! Reading them now, I think they need > a rewrite to remove all the SVN migration hand-holding that was their > original reason. Yes, giving these pages an overhaul would certainly be useful. I mean, I write that blog post [1] for a reason, after all ;) Cheers, Thomas [1] http://sessellift.wordpress.com/2016/04/22/a-usability-guys-journey-to-creating-his-first-kde-tool-part-1-baby-steps/
