On 9/16/2014 4:00 AM, Albert-Jan Roskam wrote
On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 9:37 AM CEST Steven D'Aprano wrote:
Ben Finney wrote:
"Frank Millman" <fr...@chagford.com> writes:
I know there some Git experts on this list, so I hope you don't mind
me posting this question here
I do. There may be experts on parquetry flooring in this forum, but a
topic is not on-topic merely because some people here may know about it.
I agree. If a post on parquet flooring were held for moderation, I
would discard it. Threads that wander off into parquet flooring type
topics are best let die.
(1) Frank labelled the post [OT] so that people not interested in off-topic
posts can filter it.
(2) Parquetry flooring has nothing to do with Python programming, while
source control is very relevant. Asking questions about revision control is
at least as on-topic as asking what editor one should use for Python
programming,
The proper parallel is revision control for Python versus editor for
Python. Since Frank is a known Python user, I presume 'for Python' was
part of his question. Revision control for word processing would be a
bit far afield for this list.
a question I note you have been known to respond to :-)
git, in particular, is used for both development *of* CPython and
development *with* Python. At least one of the git sites has a clone of
the cpython hg repository that some have used to develop patches. On
the core-mentorship list, there has also been discussion about git
branching and how it differs from hg use.
I entirely agree with Steven. VCS is about good software craftmenship.
> It is just as on-topic as PEP8 is.
I think that is too strong, but Frank did not claim that either.
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