It seems odd to me, as an outsider, to be downloading things from a pull request instead of a repo. If it's still a pull request, it isn't done, is it? If it is, then why is it still a request instead of pulled?
For beginners looking for a shell lesson, I am not sure that expecting them to know what a pull request even is is entirely reasonable. Perhaps that github repo isn't actually for students, attendees, or people out exploring, it's just for the instructors and contributors? If that's the case, perhaps a beginner-oriented distribution site for materials would make it clearer and easier? -- bennet On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 11:00 AM, John Blischak <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Lex, > > On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 8:46 AM, Lex Nederbragt > <[email protected]> wrote: >> - download the entire repo as a zip file >> - unzip it to a location they can find it again (e.g., Desktop) >> - open their terminal >> - write cd Desktop/bc-master/novice/shell/filesystem/users/nelle >> >> Is it an idea to provide such instructions for people wanting to use the >> material on their own, or practice after a bootcamp? > > I think the current PR from Clare Slogget is an attempt to address > this. It provides a zip file as well as instructions for downloading > it. > > https://github.com/swcarpentry/bc/pull/716 > > I recently used this strategy at a bootcamp and it worked well. > > John > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org
