[bt-devel] git public test repository created

[Raoul Snyman]

On Friday 20 March 2009 18:40:31 Martin Gruner wrote:
> My opinion: we should only do that if git offers us significant advantages
> that we need. IDE integration is worse than for SVN, for example the plugin
> for ecplise (which I use) is far from being complete.

Apparently SF.net now offers Bazaar as well, which is a slightly less 
confusing DVCS than git. Also, Bazaar has TortoiseBzr for those on Windows.

Using a DVCS like git allows you to do a lot of development in your own 
personal branch, and then merge with the main branch at a later stage. It also 
allows for patches to come in from almost anyone, without needing to grant 
them access to the repository.

They just create a local branch, make their changes, commit to their local 
branch, and then request a merge with the main branch. Then the project 
leaders can look at the code, say "yes" or "no" or "you need to change it" and 
that way make sure that the code that goes into the main branch is top 
quality, while enabling more people to be able to contribute to the project.

My openlp.org project is actually moving to Launchpad and Bazaar, because of 
the integration between bzr and Launchpad.

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