[Python-3000] [Python-Dev] Python source code on Bazaar vcs

[Barry Warsaw]

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On Mar 21, 2008, at 5:28 PM, Paul Moore wrote:
>
> One thing I really like the idea of with Mercurial for my situation
> (non-committer) is the mq extension, which lets me manage my changes
> as a "stack of patches" - so I'm completely working with patches,
> which is what I have to post to the tracker, etc.
>
> Is there a similar workflow in Bazaar? I know there's the loom
> extension (although I haven't used it much yet) but I'm not sure how
> I'd use that.

Yes, looms are awesome, I highly recommend you install the plugin and  
take a look.  There's a link to the loom plugin on <http://www.python.org/dev/bazaar 
 >.

I don't know much about Mercurial queues, but I've been told the  
feature is similar. I do have a lot of experience using Bazaar looms,  
and I'm a huge fan.

> Basically, can some Bazaar expert offer a suggestion as to how a
> non-developer with read-only access would best use the Bazaar
> repositories to maintain a number of patches to be posted to the
> tracker?

I used it in Mailman work all the time, and I've been using it on the  
train home from Pycon for working on the email package in Python 3.0.   
Quick tutorial:

bzr branch http://code.python.org/python/3.0 my30feature
cd my30feature
bzr nickname upstream
bzr loomify
bzr create-thread firststuff
<hack, hack, hack>
bzr commit
bzr create-thread secondstuff
<hack, hack, hack>
bzr commit
bzr create thread thirdstuff
<hack, hack, hack>
bzr commit
bzr down-thread secondstuff
# see what's different between secondstuff and firststuff
bzr diff -r thread:

rinse-and-repeat-ly y'rs,
- -Barry

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