On Sat, Mar 25, 2006 at 06:00:49PM -0500, Aron Griffis wrote: > Ryan Phillips wrote: [Sat Mar 25 2006, 01:47:51AM EST] > > It sounds to me like the overlays would benefit of using git/cogito. > > The Linux Kernel uses this DVCS to full affect. Pulling changes from > > other repositories, and even receiving email patches pushed from > > people not having their own official repository (or repository http > > or ssh accessible). Any git checkout is a branch, so its easy to > > stay up to date with the mainline tree and still work on personal > > branches. > > Most of the other DVCSs are easier to use than git, and just as > powerful or more. IMHO git is used for Linux mostly because Linus > wrote it, rather than it being the best tool for the job.
Well, I find it easier to understand than many other DVCSs out there... In fact I don't think it is difficult to use in any way. Maybe pre-1.1 versions had some syntax weirdnesses, but the 1.2 series are really easy to use and understand... > > I think git/cogito might be the solution. It works for a highly > > distributed kernel development, which would be similar to the way > > the overlays would work. Gentoo User A would checkout the kde > > overlay, make some changes, cg-commit them to their own overlay, and > > submit the patches upstream via an email requesting a pull, or > > emailing them patches directly with a git-mkmail command. > > *shrug* All possible with the other DVCSs, generally easier to use, > and harder to screw up your repo. How would you screw your repo using normal Git commands ? Cheers, Ferdy -- Fernando J. Pereda GarcimartÃn Gentoo Developer (Alpha,net-mail,mutt,git) 20BB BDC3 761A 4781 E6ED ED0B 0A48 5B0C 60BD 28D4
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