Re: [fpc-other] Google Code closing down

2015-03-15 Thread Mark Morgan Lloyd
Paul Breneman wrote: On 03/15/2015 05:44 AM, Florian Klämpfl wrote: Am 15.03.2015 um 11:10 schrieb Graeme Geldenhuys: NOBODY I know has ever considered going back to SubVersion after using Git. Good to know that upper case NOBODY includes me :) Here is a simple introduction to git (as well

Re: [fpc-other] [fpc-pascal] Google Code closing down

2015-03-15 Thread Marco van de Voort
In our previous episode, vfclists . said: Now Florian, considering your preference for GUI tools, won't the development of cross platform Git GUI surpassing Tortoise Git, Github and Atlassian's tools, SmartGit and whatever be the best advert for Lazarus and FPC? There would such a major flow

Re: [fpc-other] [fpc-pascal] Google Code closing down

2015-03-15 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
Hello Florian, On 2015-03-15 14:40, Florian Klämpfl wrote: with git-svn 'git svn' is super useful - I use it often. It is merely a stop-gap though. It limits a git repo (features) a lot. But like I said, it is still useful. Regards, Graeme ___

Re: [fpc-other] [fpc-pascal] Google Code closing down

2015-03-15 Thread Florian Klaempfl
Am 15.03.2015 um 15:40 schrieb Florian Klämpfl: Am 15.03.2015 um 15:11 schrieb vfclists .: Somehow all this indifference to Git bothers me because it seems they are ignoring the greater realities of life. If a new generation are going to get involved with FPC and Lazarus development, and

Re: [fpc-other] Google Code closing down

2015-03-15 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
Hello Mark, On 2015-03-15 13:54, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: for small and slow-moving projects a hybrid approach would be possible: Sure it would be possible, but definitely not the most efficient way of working. In this day and age time is money - more than ever before. I simply find Git a lot

Re: [fpc-other] [fpc-pascal] Google Code closing down

2015-03-15 Thread vfclists .
On 15 March 2015 at 13:21, Florian Klämpfl flor...@freepascal.org wrote: Am 15.03.2015 um 13:06 schrieb Paul Breneman: On 03/15/2015 05:44 AM, Florian Klämpfl wrote: Am 15.03.2015 um 11:10 schrieb Graeme Geldenhuys: NOBODY I know has ever considered going back to SubVersion after using

Re: [fpc-other] [fpc-pascal] Google Code closing down

2015-03-15 Thread Florian Klämpfl
Am 15.03.2015 um 15:11 schrieb vfclists .: Somehow all this indifference to Git bothers me because it seems they are ignoring the greater realities of life. If a new generation are going to get involved with FPC and Lazarus development, and the main developers are really concerned with all

Re: [fpc-other] [fpc-pascal] Google Code closing down

2015-03-15 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
Hi, On 2015-03-15 14:11, vfclists . wrote: I think such a tool with documentation on how it was built would be the best advert for Lazarus and FreePascal. Graeme? I've tried ever GUI tool under the sun for Git. They all have there faults. In most cases they often get confused about the actual

Re: [fpc-other] Google Code closing down

2015-03-15 Thread Mark Morgan Lloyd
Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: Hello Mark, On 2015-03-15 13:54, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: for small and slow-moving projects a hybrid approach would be possible: Sure it would be possible, but definitely not the most efficient way of working. Very much agreed. But most people with a conventional

Re: [fpc-other] [fpc-pascal] Google Code closing down

2015-03-15 Thread Mark Morgan Lloyd
Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: Hello Mark Morgan, If you /don't/ mind, the name is Mark Morgan Lloyd. The original Morgan Lloyd (strictly, Morgan Llwyd) was a churchman of considerable renown, and at some point my family adopted his name which persists to the current generation. As far as the

Re: [fpc-other] [fpc-pascal] Google Code closing down

2015-03-15 Thread Martin Frb
On 15/03/2015 20:32, Martin Frb wrote: I'm not talking about just installing it and not doing anything with it - that's NOT using a product, so you can't review it based on that. I forget that in my reply: That is what some people do (and what I pointed out): install, but not really use.

Re: [fpc-other] [fpc-pascal] Google Code closing down

2015-03-15 Thread vfclists .
On 15 March 2015 at 16:13, Sven Barth pascaldra...@googlemail.com wrote: On 15.03.2015 15:11, vfclists . wrote: I think the main FPC developers need to realize that sooner or later they are allow going to retire from FPC development and move onto other things, or just retire form working

Re: [fpc-other] [fpc-pascal] Google Code closing down

2015-03-15 Thread Luca Olivetti
El 15/03/15 a les 11:10, Graeme Geldenhuys ha escrit: Hello Mark Morgan, I wasn't going to reply because I've had enough fruitless debates in these mailing lists. But here I go again - I just can't help myself - especially if I see false statement being thrown around as if they are fact.

Re: [fpc-other] [fpc-pascal] Google Code closing down

2015-03-15 Thread Martin Frb
Reading the replies I can clearly see that neither of you have ever used Git for actual work. I have, and I do. That said, only for maybe 6 to 9 month by now, and in that time I might well only have scratched the surface of it, and yet much to discover. But never mind how well I know it, that

Re: [fpc-other] [fpc-pascal] Google Code closing down

2015-03-15 Thread Martin Frb
Reading the replies I can clearly see that neither of you have ever used Git for actual work. I have, and I do. That said, only for maybe 6 to 9 month by now, and in that time I might well only have scratched the surface of it, and yet much to discover. But never mind how well I know it, that

Re: [fpc-other] [fpc-pascal] Google Code closing down

2015-03-15 Thread Paul Breneman
On 03/15/2015 08:21 AM, Florian Klämpfl wrote: Am 15.03.2015 um 13:06 schrieb Paul Breneman: On 03/15/2015 05:44 AM, Florian Klämpfl wrote: Am 15.03.2015 um 11:10 schrieb Graeme Geldenhuys: NOBODY I know has ever considered going back to SubVersion after using Git. Good to know that upper