Re: VCS [Was: Linux/ADFS partition table support]

[Hollis Blanchard]

On Sun, 2005-11-27 at 22:06 +0100, Nico -telmich- Schottelius wrote:
> Sorry to misuse this thread, but I've a small question to this
> regarding something different, the VCS (version control system):
> 
> Marco Gerards [Sun, Nov 13, 2005 at 05:03:38PM +0100]:
> > [...]
> > Please include the Changelog entry every time you send in a patch,
> > otherwise I can't reply to in the a single mail.  I've included it
> > this time
> 
> Wouldn't it be much easier, if we work with a distributed VCS like
> monotone, arch or git? This way people can do their work, we can
> pull it or modify it much better than in discussing code on the ML.
> 
> This way you could easily move acorn.c to another place without needing
> to modify the patch, simply move it in your tree.

I would greatly prefer some VCS other than CVS. However, that wouldn't
solve the problem of getting patches reviewed and corrected.

> It's my general idea to let people do the work how they want to do and
> if they want their code in a mainstream project they or we have to simply
> include it with our coding standards. And this process, again imho,
> is much better supported by distributed version control systems.

CVS doesn't make it easy, but for a small project like this, there
aren't many barriers to keeping a local fork if you want to.

-Hollis