Frans, Git is more popular than hg. And we aren't considering centralized SCM
And yes, there is a HUGE difference between sending a patch and sending a pull request. a) it is *significantly* easier to handle a pull request, because it is a single command, rather than a set of operations b) it allows you to have your own fork and easily merge future changes c) it means that Joe can pull from you, not just from the master feed On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 12:54 PM, Frans Bouma <[email protected]> wrote: > > I actually do have a problem with hg. I think that Git is: > > a) more popular > > than what, subversion? Perforce? CVS? > > > b) GitHub has tremendous pull in terms of encouraging contributions. > > c) I saw a huge spike in the amount of people contributing once I moved > to > > github. > > I have a hard time believing that the scc system used is of any > relevance whether a developer is capable of contributing any code. I mean: > it's not as if someone who changes some code in his own branch is suddenly > able to commit those changes as well: the change has to be reviewed, > tested, > agreed upon and then it's committed. A svn patch is just as simple for that > than any other patch. > > I don't deny what you saw on ravendb stuff, I just find it a > 'coincidence' rather than a correlated event. > > FB > > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 12:31 PM, Fabio Maulo <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > And move the code in CodePlex... > > > > > > -- > > Fabio Maulo > > > > > > El 02/11/2010, a las 16:38, Jorge <[email protected]> escribió: > > > > > > > Hello there, > > > > > > I am in the process of downloading the code via SVN, and it is > > taking > > > a very long time. > > > > > > Can someone please enable Git repo in sourceforge, or better yet, > > move > > > code to Github? > > > > > > Respectfully yours, > > > Jorge > > > > > > >
