* Roland Mainz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-04-17 15:19]: > Mike Kupfer wrote: > > >>>>> "Roland" == Roland Mainz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Roland> - Should I add support for Mercuial and GIT, too ? > > > > As far as patching ON code, we're not planning on using GIT, so I > > wouldn't bother trying to support it. > > Uhm... this sounds like "company thinking", e.g. "...we only do what > we're paid for and won't do anything else (even if it's nice/usefull) > until someone throws money after us..." (erm, that's not thought as > offense...) ... ;-( > ... IMO it would be nice to take a small look beyond the rim of the > teacup (or how the german phrase "... Über den Tellerrand schauen..." > can be translated...) and check what else may be "nice" to support...
I suppose I think it's more consistent with the "nothing superfluous" theme that motivates ON integrations, than any form of corporate tunnel vision. > that's why I am asking whether there are other things we may want to fix > with this bug, too (that would save trouble for people who may be > interested in other version control software). The question is whether there is a large, real population to support here, or merely a hypothetical one. In the latter case, would there be an expectation that integrators consider alternate SCMs prior to integration, or would cleanup be left to parties interested in one or more particular SCMs? - Stephen _______________________________________________ opensolaris-code mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/opensolaris-code
