On Tuesday 26 August 2008, Phil M Perry wrote: > As I said later on in my post, a /private/ source control system available > to a single author could still be useful for any nontrivial project, for > the very reasons you listed. However, my point was that it was unnecessary > and confusing for the general public to be presented with such a system if > all they /really/ want is a ready-to-install package.
That's got to do with package management, and not necessarily software development. I'm not disagreeing with you, but at the same time this is another side of the problem. It's one thing to design some software, another make a .DEB or .RPM file (which might require releasing one for each architecture...), another to set up your own package repository, and it's yet another to attempt to get your software published in the distribution's repository. Which of these do you "really" want? > If those people are collaborating on code changes, then yes, something > like a (semi)public SVN would be useful, but if all they want is to grab > an image, why subject them to the extra work? The display of the content depends on the intended audience. Early on in a project you're more than likely only going to see a public repository. Later there's a source tarball, then built packages, etc. It's a progression. > If the author is so disorganized that he can't keep "latest stable version" > separate from "bleeding edge", or that he can't be sure that "the latest > build" really has the latest stuff in it, then I'm not sure I want his code. All I was saying was that when I don't use source control management, I end up with some confusion and concern, and I find that using source control relieves most of both. Maybe you have a different experience, but that's mine. -- Chris -- Chris Knadle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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