[Python-Dev] hg diff

[Barry Warsaw]

On Mar 07, 2011, at 11:44 AM, Tres Seaver wrote:

>If we can get to a mode where non-committers can push to a "fork" on
>hg.python.org, we can dodge the patch format issue by having folks post
>"pull requests" for that fork instaed.
>
>For the repoze and pylons projects, we have found the quality and
>quantity of patches went up *significantly* when we made it easy for
>somebody who doesn't work on the code all the time to use this workflow
>(fork to a public repo, clone, hack, commit, push, request a pull).

+1.  'Branches' are better than patches.

-Barry
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