> On Jul 2, 2016, at 1:40 PM, Eric Pruitt <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Sat, Jul 02, 2016 at 01:19:45PM -0700, Ben Woolley wrote: >> My main issue with having to search patches only is that it is far easier on >> a remote headless server to install git than a web browser, > > The suckless site is perfectly usable with elinks, w3m and, if I were to > guess, probably links and lynx, too. Regardless, I think you're > optimizing for a use case that is an extreme minority; I'm pretty sure > most people use a browser to review patches on suckless.org. All this > seems like a large amount of complexity and inconvenience when it comes > to how most people interact with the site. >
Yes, not just most people, but everyone, because that is how the patches are available. I suppose using git to fetch the wiki is possible... > Maybe I don't understand exactly what you're doing, but if you are > regularly building dwm on various machines, you should probably automate > the process instead of manually searching for and re-downloading the > patches every time. > To be honest, I have been talking about side benefits that are besides the main point. The main point is just that it seems easier to manage disparate patches when they are in git. I suppose that point has already been made, so I don't need to beat a dead horse here and continue. If people don't feel the same, they can do it another way. > Eric >
