[Compcomm] Forum Decision

[Mike Dransfield]

Danny Baumann wrote:
> Hi,
>
>   
>>>>> Bah, you know what I mean ;-)
>>>>> Rephrased: Cedric now also uses git.opencompositing.org, so you and RYX
>>>>> are the only active developers not using it.
>>>>> Better?
>>>>>   
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>> Not really, the 'everyone else is doing it so you should too' argument
>>>> never really held any weight for me anyway.
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> I never said that.
>>>   
>>>       
>> No, but thats the argument you are using.
>>
>> Otherwise what does that mean?
>>     
>
> I mean that IMO that number of repos (and thus release sources) should
> be as small as possible to avoid user confusion.
>   

Why do you feel that 1 repo = 1 source release?

Contrary to what you think the compiz-extra plugin contains
plugins from > 3 locations.

>   
>> Check original post and subject ;)
>>
>> We were going off topic, I was trying to bring it slightly more
>> on topic.  It seems like you do not have any real objections other
>> than I do not host in a public git repo, that is not the subject
>> of discussion either, neither is packaging or anything else you
>> have mentioned.
>>     
>
> Constantly bringing along old, dusty arguments doesn't make the
> discussion more on topic.
>
>   
>> I do not really understand why not hosting in a public git repo
>> is such an issue, I would not be handing out write permissions
>> like candy anyway.  
>>     
>
> You can be pretty sure we won't do this.
>   

Ive already seen people upset with changes being made to
their plugins/code without their knowledge or approval.

>   
>> If you really want to help me and send a
>> patch I can apply it for you, use the -git archive to work from.
>>     
>
> I can't, but perhaps anyone else can.
>   

Thats my point, nobody is interested enough to contribute for
it to be worthwhile being public.

>   
>>>> This has nothing to do with everyone using the same git repo, the
>>>> compiz-extra tarball will always comprise of plugins taken from
>>>> different locations and it should be built to accommodate that.
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> So you know EXACTLY the revision of the source files you packaged? You
>>> have an EXACT repo tag? All releases of serious software I am aware of
>>> have exactly that.
>>>   
>>>       
>> I do not really consider the python plugin to be serious yet,
>> once it is I am sure I will know things like that.  But at the
>> moment I have better things to do and nobody cares anyway.
>>     
>
>   
>> If someone really wanted to know which git tag was with each
>> release then they could find out.  At the moment I am more
>> interested in expanding the API.
>>     
>
> You see the difference between your python plugin and your compiz-extra
> tarball (mainly consisting of plugins written by other people)?
>
> "the compiz-extra tarball will always comprise of plugins taken from
> different locations"
>
> vs. 
>
> "I do not really consider the python plugin to be serious yet"
>
> Action item: Find the contradiction!
>   

I don't really see how those statements are related at all so
please clarify.  I am too old for homework.

> Regards,
>
> Danny
>
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