What Brad has said here I have learned comes across all walks of life. I mean think when you first get a new job - would you ever say to your supervisor 'ya know - i dont think we should keep doing this like this - lets just swtich over to everything i say'. You can guarantee you wouldn't gain acceptance nor keep that job for very long.
On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 14:24:35 -0500, Brad Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 12:47:35 -0500 (EST), andrew burke > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > Look, yes, I could figure out how to do this with CVS, but frankly, CVS > > sucks. Not having changesets is just crap. Hell, not being able to > > *rename files* is crap. > > > > Okay, that's your opinion and you're entitled to it. However, CVS is > what's being used right now so if you're really willing to help a > great way to start would be to learn CVS and see if you can manage a > release branch of the current code. Once you manage to do that > successfully and show that you're contributing to the project instead > of just whining about how it should be changed people will probably be > more receptive to your suggestions for changes. Hell, if you learn > CVS and work on managing a branch you would then have access to pull a > copy over to subversion yourself and show people how much better you > think it is. > > Sometimes the best way to get changes made is to start doing it the > way people want you to and then physically show them how much better > your way is. At the very least that will stop the replies of "quit > whining and actually do something". > > Brad > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-dev > _______________________________________________ mythtv-dev mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-dev
