[Python-Dev] devguide: Fix a silly statement.

[Brett Cannon]

On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 23:10, Georg Brandl <g.brandl at gmx.net> wrote:
> Am 09.02.2011 23:58, schrieb brett.cannon:
>> brett.cannon pushed 7101df1bd817 to devguide:
>>
>> http://hg.python.org/devguide/rev/7101df1bd817
>> changeset:   291:7101df1bd817
>> branch:      hg_transition
>> tag:         tip
>> user:        Brett Cannon <brett at python.org>
>> date:        Wed Feb 09 14:58:17 2011 -0800
>> summary:
>>   Fix a silly statement.
>>
>> files:
>>   setup.rst
>>
>> diff --git a/setup.rst b/setup.rst
>> --- a/setup.rst
>> +++ b/setup.rst
>> @@ -34,8 +34,7 @@
>>  :abbr:`VCS`. It also means you will have better tool
>>  support through the VCS as it will provide a diff tool, etc.
>>
>> -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
>> +To get a read-only checkout of
>>  the :ref:`in-development <indevbranch>` branch of Python, run::
>>
>>      hg clone http://hg.python.org/cpython
>
> This statement is still somewhat silly, as a) you get a clone, not a checkout
> and b) it is not read only in any way: you can commit just fine.  The only
> difference will be the entry in .hg/hgrc pointing the default repo to something
> you can't push to.
>
> Skimming through, the whole section "Checking out the code" is still way too
> SVN-point of viewy (e.g. you always get all branches anyway).

I'll take another pass, but do realize this needs to be something that
can easily be understood by someone who has never used hg before, so I
can't get too technically accurate while ignoring a possible base
ignorance of hg and DVCSs as a whole.