I accidentally forgot to CC the discuss list in my original reply to Bennet explaining the difference between a PR and the online teaching materials available for learners. See below:
On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 10:48 AM, John Blischak <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Bennet, > > Sorry for the confusion. I do my best to explain below. > > On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 10:08 AM, Bennet Fauber <[email protected]> wrote: >> 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? > > The final details are still being debated, which is why the PR has not > been officially merged into bc. I had merged it into my bootcamp repo > to use in my recent bootcamp. > >> 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. > > You are correct that this would not be reasonable. The beginners are > not looking at the PR. I was directing Lex to the PR because it is a > similar proposal to the zipfile download strategy that he outlined in > his original mail. The PR changes the lesson such that it provides a > link directly in the lesson to download a zipfile of the filesystem. > >> 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? > > You are correct. Delving into the GitHub repo is only required for > contributors and instructors. We would send beginners looking for a > shell lesson to the Software Carpentry website where they can view the > rendered online lessons (see the links below). > > http://software-carpentry.org/lessons.html > http://software-carpentry.org/v5/novice/shell/index.html > > Best, > > John _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org
