Ganesh Sittampalam wrote: > On 09/02/2015 17:22, Guillaume Hoffmann wrote: >> 1. HTTP system overhaul, a.k.a. "switch to wreq and see what happens". >> This would involve having wreq (http://www.serpentine.com/wreq/) as >> default download system, while leaving the current libcurl and HTTP >> code for benchmarking purposes. > > My feeling is that we shouldn't leave the current code. It's a real mess > and it'll be very hard to both keep it and add a nice interface to wreq.
Hurray for deleting code (Disclaimer: I have not looked at the HTTP code in particular). >> 2. Work towards Darcsden as a local UI and other improvements > >> * plain files backend (vs current CouchDB) >> * other stuff to help Darcsden be a local UI (without actually >> involving any UI work)? any idea? > > I think the plain files backend is the main thing here, wherever > possible it should read existing metadata from the _darcs repository or > the user's home directory. > > I think some UI work is the other natural part to consider, e.g. a UI > for record/revert etc. What I personally miss most from darcsden is (a) A design (colors, fonts, background etc) that is well structured and nice to look at (patchtag was a lot better in this regard IMO, not to speak of the competition GitHub, BitBucket...) (b) A side by side diff viewer. Cheers Ben -- "Make it so they have to reboot after every typo." -- Scott Adams _______________________________________________ darcs-users mailing list darcs-users@darcs.net http://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/darcs-users
