http://bitbucket.org/ does the same thing as github except for mercurial. On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 8:14 AM, Bob Waycott <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
