[Compcomm] Forum Decision

[Mike Dransfield]

Danny Baumann wrote:
> Hi,
>
>   
>>> 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?
>>     
>
> Source release != release source...
>   

Please define more clearly what you mean, its all becoming
very confusing (for everyone).

>   
>> Contrary to what you think the compiz-extra plugin contains
>> plugins from > 3 locations.
>>     
>
> ....but thanks for proving my point. I assume you have git/svn/whatever tags
> for each release?
>   

All the ones that were not in svn obviously did not.

All the ones that were in svn I marked what revision they were on
my website.

>   
>>> 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.
>>     
>
> And I have seen those people calm down after a few sentences of talking. I
> was the person Kristian was upset about (I know you mean exactly that
> example), so does this mean I (as one of the biggest code contributors)
> should stop committing?
>   

No, I wasn't thinking about him, but thats another example.


> Shit happens, misunderstandings happen, too.
>
>   
>>>>>> 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.
>>     
>
> Just read again the quoted part above those statements. You should be old
> enough to understand the relation and find the contradiction in your
> argumentation.
>   

Sorry I really do not get it.

"The compiz extra tarball will always comprise of plugins from 
different locations."

That means that the compiz extra does not only contain plugins
from the beryl git repo, it contains plugins from lots of different
places.

"I do not really consider the python plugin to be serious yet"

Thats not related to compiz-extra at all, the python plugin isn't in
compiz-extra because it only works with git.

I do not consider it serious in the sense that each release must be
documented and signed off.

Compiz-extra is not related to the python plugin at all so how is a
comment about the python plugin related to a comment about
compiz-extra being lots of plugins from different places?

And how is any of it relevant to a post about your new forum?


> Regards,
>
> Danny
>
>
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