Re: [NTG-context] git or svn (was: ConTeXt Manual Errata)

2013-09-26 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Thu, 26 Sep 2013, Peter Münster wrote: On Thu, Sep 26 2013, Mica Semrick wrote: @Peter github makes collaboration quite painless. Users can manage their own accounts. I like git because of its features. And when I don't need those features, I prefer svn because of its simplicity. Where is

Re: [NTG-context] git or svn (was: ConTeXt Manual Errata)

2013-09-26 Thread Thangalin
That is an excellent summation, Mica. On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 2:56 PM, Mica Semrick wrote: > > Where is the pain? > > What would be the benefit when moving to github? > > On the thread someone wanted to add something to the manual, but didn't > have SVN access. The admin wasn't getting email, a

Re: [NTG-context] git or svn (was: ConTeXt Manual Errata)

2013-09-26 Thread Mica Semrick
> Where is the pain? > What would be the benefit when moving to github? On the thread someone wanted to add something to the manual, but didn't have SVN access. The admin wasn't getting email, and thus couldn't grant the new account. The material was not added the to manual. If the manual was on

[NTG-context] git or svn (was: ConTeXt Manual Errata)

2013-09-26 Thread Peter Münster
On Thu, Sep 26 2013, Mica Semrick wrote: > @Peter github makes collaboration quite painless. Users can manage their own > accounts. I like git because of its features. And when I don't need those features, I prefer svn because of its simplicity. Where is the pain? What would be the benefit when