From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/84455 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Huttar Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: git or svn Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 09:10:04 -0400 Message-ID: <524583AC.8070505@sil.org> References: <20130921171501.GG17308@homerow> <20130926174442.GO17308@homerow> <87ob7f1fir.fsf@micropit.couberia.selfip.net> <87k3i31cda.fsf_-_@micropit.couberia.selfip.net> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1380287412 11100 80.91.229.3 (27 Sep 2013 13:10:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 13:10:12 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Fri Sep 27 15:10:17 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([5.39.185.229]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VPXoG-00006D-ND for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Fri, 27 Sep 2013 15:10:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id E48D0101EB; Fri, 27 Sep 2013 15:08:04 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id Fz4MQZXyj1HH; Fri, 27 Sep 2013 15:08:02 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD6E4101E6; Fri, 27 Sep 2013 15:08:02 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97FFD101E6 for ; Fri, 27 Sep 2013 15:08:01 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id RSsG1ddNtCAI for ; Fri, 27 Sep 2013 15:07:56 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from filter5-til.mf.surf.net (filter5-til.mf.surf.net [194.171.167.221]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8A82101DE for ; Fri, 27 Sep 2013 15:07:56 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mail-ye0-f182.google.com (mail-ye0-f182.google.com [209.85.213.182]) by filter5-til.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-9.4) with ESMTP id r8RDA6Q1005928 for ; Fri, 27 Sep 2013 15:10:07 +0200 Original-Received: by mail-ye0-f182.google.com with SMTP id l10so835034yen.27 for ; Fri, 27 Sep 2013 06:10:05 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to :subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=zZ3PchdBL/omiSSTGLMa9qG0cvRV43027RMlAofLSE4=; b=D0Q21rP5LUXZBW1bbPaIjby5FmdAwrZ3y+L8qcEucneLAQiitLuL1ilFZPCl4byAcK omDwDj6/h9tjniBDJH6D3dNpTOPYVqyAvLFXEVSkEuKUrXQtDX7M5ynqOOQobN45qSgA rDyhZ5SzxElX5ZjzDfj/nOVOwdk9YyDQFOyUsBSTaoN0P05jci04BuQcRW7RJA0TqM8g SCuCjQ6SnVyZvG2KqD64yQg7hLtrBP63q7dRz7qA/4yvFw6oGd82zB4P1vzEAkADvaND ZliLzhP+eHjeXOc4jdgoSw93vQNWwH2qLDDRTxMsIl0bAdRPUpwgeikukRzaW46EVo2n KBFQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQlTACBTNUcjcwVRYadBn0nsTUYOAW1A8aTnsLLJRaCjT5sevT8U6Cl/3igcUlawSmqEi2QZ X-Received: by 10.236.119.102 with SMTP id m66mr539793yhh.90.1380287405868; Fri, 27 Sep 2013 06:10:05 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from [172.22.6.6] ([162.40.29.3]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id v45sm10798049yha.2.1969.12.31.16.00.00 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Fri, 27 Sep 2013 06:10:05 -0700 (PDT) User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130801 Thunderbird/17.0.8 In-Reply-To: X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=209.85.213.182; country=US; region=CA; city=Mountain View; postalcode=94043; latitude=37.4192; longitude=-122.0574; metrocode=807; areacode=650; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=37.4192,-122.0574&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 0WKuda6Rb - 94473006ca0a - 20130927 (trained as not-spam) X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 194.171.167.221 X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:84455 Archived-At: On 9/26/2013 9:10 PM, Aditya Mahajan wrote: > Github seems to be the most popular DVCS hosting site at the moment. > For manuals, I think that Github is particularly useful because you > can click on edit and make the change. Github automatically creates a > fork, a new branch, and pull request for you. So the technical barrier > to participation is low. I would question the perception that the technical barrier to participation on Github is low. Not long ago I tried to submit a patch to a project on Github, improving documentation and adding features. It took several hours (distributed over a couple of weeks) to learn how to do all that was required. It was *not* automatic. It strongly discouraged me from making more contributions to that project. Maybe some major things have changed on Github since then. In any case, I have no doubt that once you know the system, and have the infrastructure set up, it's easy to participate. And I'm not saying that SVN makes it easy for non-SVN users to participate. All I'm saying is that for non-Git users, the technical barrier to participation was substantial, last time I tried it. Again, I'm not arguing against a move to Git. I would just like to contribute my recent experience toward a well-informed decision process. Lars ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________