On 21Mar2014 13:14, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 12:33 PM, Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au> wrote: > > Regarding having Mercurial installed, that is very easy, and after > > you've gone (eg): > > > > hg clone https://bitbucket.org/cameron_simpson/css > > my-copy-of-cameron's-css > > > > (or wherever the public repository is published), you can of course > > then walk away and work. You no longer need the public copy at all. > > > > With a DVCS the threshold is low and the advantages are high (hg > > or git; I'm an hg person myself). > > Yes, it's not hard to get Mercurial. And it's not hard to get git. But > it is an extra barrier, and trying to tell people they need > this-that-and-the-other just to get your software is a pain.
I thought Frank's scenario involved someone cloning/forking the software. I may have misread him though. Of course, for people just wanting to build it or examine it, tarballs and other archives are highly desirable. Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au> Rules of Optimization: Rule 1: Don't do it. Rule 2 (for experts only): Don't do it yet. - M.A. Jackson -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
