I'd love to. On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 9:45 AM, Chris Moffitt <[email protected]> wrote:
> Bob - Good point about site branding. I would like to freshen up the page > and maybe even the demo store to be a little more current. Unfortunately, my > design-fu is lacking. Are there any talented folks on the list that would > like to help out with some redesigned logos and site layout? > > -Chris > > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 12:13 AM, Bob Waycott <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I think anything of the distributed vcs variety will be found to be a >> wonderful upgrade from SVN. >> I mostly use git these days. Ccoming from SVN, I have plenty of tales to >> tell of how my butt has been saved by the likes of git's branch, rebase, >> pull, push, stash, revert, and other handy commands (git-merge-octopus, >> anyone?). >> >> Git has a lot of history behind it and a number of handy utilities and >> helper apps abound (like GitX for Mac). >> >> However, I know that hg & bzr are out there, too, and I won't even attempt >> to make any disparaging remarks. I've read enough of both to think that >> maintaining a project with them would still be a sufficient improvement from >> SVN. >> >> I think the choice of project management is perhaps more important than >> the tool that manages the code. So, the big contenders there that I'm aware >> of are continuing with Trac (which has a git plugin & hg plugin), or going >> the routes of something like github, assembla, or launchpad. >> >> They all have their strengths, I think. Perhaps there is value in askin >> how Satchmo plans to continue with regards to its project image. I think >> Satchmo could use a bit of branding work. If Satchmo's code was moved over >> to a service like those mentioned above, it could provide an opportunity to >> break satchmoproject.com away from being limited by Trac integration and >> a bit more freedom to take a stab at defining a brand for Satchmo and >> redesigning the project's site to focus on the project itself, docs, and >> other material that is relevant. Code can be limited to a download link for >> a tar or something, as well as one that points people over to the repo on a >> hosted service. >> >> Either way, +(the answer to life the universe and everything times number >> of horns on a unicorn times speed of light in furlongs per fortnight) for >> DVCS. >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Satchmo users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/satchmo-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
