[Python-Dev] Looking for VCS usage scenarios (original) (raw)

Brett Cannon brett at python.org
Mon Nov 3 23:03:27 CET 2008

On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 11:57, Gustavo Niemeyer <gustavo at niemeyer.net> wrote:

Since I have never seen that come up during Python's development I am going to leave it out. But I do see the benefit and how it might help with future work. Of course, that's entirely up to you. But it strikes me as an odd approach to the selection of scenarios for a tool whose intention is precisely to support new usage scenarios.

As I mentioned in the doc, the first example allows for whatever the DVCS does for diffs, whether that is a full-on branch or not. Are you looking for new scenarios or for the validation of your document? :-)

Both. First and foremost I am looking for any scenarios people are using now for svn that I didn't cover. After that I can probably add some DVCS-specific things. But the problem with that is my DVCS experience is limited and thus I don't want to add a scenario that seems whizbang cool but in real life is never used; premature optimization and all that.

I'm talking about history-carrying diffs which can be attached and sent via mail, not about viewing plain diffs, which every VCS tool in the world can do since version 0.0.

As I said, one of the scenarios already says patches can be whatever the DVCS supports the best; plain diffs, branches, etc. And the comments for that scenario will point out any perks from that feature.

As for the "via mail" feature, I use Gmail so it doesn't mean anything to me. =)

Anyway, I guess you already have what you want. Good luck picking the right choice!

Oh, there won't be a right choice (except in my mind), there will just be the best choice that could be made based on the circumstances. Working on the issue tracker taught me that lesson.

-Brett

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