Hi all, On 01.07.2011 18:36, Phil Mayers wrote:
However, more constructively (less whiney!) some tickets languished in "make these tiny cleanups" and that's just incredibly painful in the current setup, with SVN and Trac mediating things.
I've got absolutely no interest in pulling SVN head, writing a patch, submitting it as an attachment via Trac and *then* being told "ok, I've created this branch. Go off and learn how to do branches in a crappy old centralised VCS, and in a way compatible with UQDS, re-do your patch in a branch, then send another diff in as a file"
I absolutely agree with Phil here. The twisted code and contribution standards are so high that patches from new contributors (like myself) are bound to be rejected/resubmitted at least once, maybe more. Don't get me wrong, I believe high standards are a good thing, but doing continuous development based on tools like svn and trac is really painful and it's really difficult to motivate yourself to work on a once rejected ticket. That being said, I believe that the move to a DVCS is a smart move for any project looking for continuous community contribution, because IMHO they simply allow for a more developer friendly process for all involved, thus making the whole review process a more friendly and less discouraging thing. Cheers, Chris