On Mar 18, 2013, at 23:42 , Stephen Bartell <[email protected]> wrote:

> Thanks guys for clearing that up.  
> 
> I work mostly in multi git setups, so naturally flags were going up over 
> this.  The reasons make sense though.  

Just out of curiousity, what do you do to mitigate the pain? :)

Jan
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> On Mar 18, 2013, at 3:15 PM, Russell Branca <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Stephen,
>> 
>> 
>> There was a fair bit of discussion behind this, and single repo ASF is the
>> real blocker. Also, while Fauxton can run as a couchapp, by default it
>> builds down into static files and is hosted by CouchDB the same way as
>> Futon.
>> 
>> That said, making Fauxton as easily to develop as possible for new
>> contributors has been a primary concern of ours. We've gotten all
>> dependencies moved into package.json, and Garren has been knocking out a
>> new development server which will allow you to develop locally and not have
>> to build CouchDB as a part of Fauxton development. The new process will
>> basicaly be:
>> 
>> git clone couchdb
>> cd couchdb/src/fauxton
>> npm install
>> ./bin/dev-server
>> 
>> And you'll be up and running.
>> 
>> 
>> -Russell
>> 
>> 
>> On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 3:06 PM, Stephen Bartell <[email protected]>wrote:
>> 
>>> Referencing the topic [Merging the fauxton branch into master]
>>> 
>>> Im just wondering, why can't fauxton development take place in an entirely
>>> separate repo from couch.  Its a couch app after all, correct?
>>> 
>>> I think fauxton could be an example of couch's modular design.
>>> 
>>> As I write this email, I think I've realized a blocker to this idea.  And
>>> that is that Couch really lives in a single ASF repo.  Nonetheless, I want
>>> to throw this out there.
>>> 
>>> Best,
>>> Stephen Bartell
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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