[Python-Dev] devguide: More clarifications: use the term 'working copy' and mention 'hg update'.

Antoine Pitrou solipsis at pitrou.net
Wed Feb 9 23:51:49 CET 2011


> >
> >> -To get a read-only checkout of CPython's source, you need to checkout the source
> >> -code. To get a read-only checkout of
> >> +To get a read-only checkout of CPython's source, you need a working copy the
> >> +source code. To get a read-only checkout of
> >
> > Why talk about "checkout" at all? It's an SVN/CVS/RCS term, if I'm not
> > mistaken (even though it may occasionally be used with hg, it's a
> > synonym of "working copy" there).
> 
> Since it's a synonym I didn't worry about it. I honestly just thought
> it flowed better.

What I meant is that "To get a read-only checkout, you need a working
copy" is kind of tautologic then.

Regards

Antoine.




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