Martin Spott wrote: > John Denker wrote: >> On 08/20/2008 02:32 PM, Curtis Olson wrote: > >>> Perhaps I misunderstand the scope and capabilities of git .... > >>> And at the end of the day, no matter what source code version control system >>> we use, and no matter what useful tools it provides for branching and >>> merging, we still need a human in the loop to act as a sanity check to >>> evaluate and approve changes that go into the master repository. (I >>> understand this is a philosophical choice on my part. Another approach >>> would be to let any and all changes from just about anyone to be committed >>> to the master repository and let the review step happen when things break or >>> crash or stop functioning optimally ... I just do not like that particular >>> approach.) > >> Why are we even discussing such wildly unprofessional approaches? > > Nobody does, I guess. Curt just seems to be a bit desperate about Some projects do support a "mob" branch in git where anyone can commit anything. Hell, why not? :)
> defending his refusal of an 'official' GIT mirror here. Maybe he simply > ran out of arguments, so he finally decided to draw a black-and-white > picture and sort of imply that those, who don't share his (Curt's) > view, would be in favour of what we all consider to be the worst case. > In fact, the scenario that Curt is describing here has nothing to do > with the facual topic of the whole discussion. > Personally I count the cited paragraph as a regrettable mistake. In fairness Linus does talk up git's extreme support for forking, and there are many Linux trees to choose from; the reality is that you know where to go for something reliable. Tim ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
