On 14/11/08 18:03, Matt Wozniski wrote: > On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 10:37 AM, Tony Mechelynck wrote: >> You can also use patches even if you don't want to use gif (sic) > > Of course you can - you can do all of your programming without version > control, but why would you want to! Seriously, the idea isn't to > force people to change their ways, but to make it easier for those who > don't want to spend their time collecting patches and patching the > source themselves. > > ~Matt
Well, one reason could be that Vim SVN lags behind by a noticeable time delay (days, sometimes weeks); another reason could be that you don't know where to get a version of the appropriate version-control software for your OS. Seriously, the "patch" program is so easy to use (in most cases, after a cd to the right directory, "patch -p0 <patchfilename" is enough, replacing of course "patchfilename" by the patch file name, possibly with path) that I can understand quite well that people wouldn't want to spend their time learning how to use a particular version-control package, especially now that (even outside of the Vim world) people apparently can't agree on whether to use CVS, SVN, gif, Mercurial or something else. :-P Best regards, Tony. -- After I run your program, let's make love like crazed weasels, OK? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
