[Twisted-Python] git?

[Jonas Brunsgaard]

On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 12:51 AM, Christopher Armstrong <
radix at twistedmatrix.com> wrote:

> On March 18, 2014 at 6:38:42 PM, Jonas Brunsgaard (
> jonas.brunsgaard at gmail.com) wrote:
>
> I think that it is a shame that Twisted is not on Github(Yep Github, not
> just git)
>
> If we make a comparison between SVN and Git, I think it is obvious that
> Git is the superior VCS.
>
> That said, I think Github  - as a platform - creates a certain "feeling"
> of openness, transparency, accessibility and recognisability.
>
> All things, that make new users of twisted feel better about the project.
>
> As an example I think that most developers know how to submit PR's via
> Github, where I (as an example) don`t know how to submit a patch to
> Twisted today(of cause I could read up on it, but i already know the other
> flow). And that could hold back some people from submitting bugfixes etc.
>
>
> I think accepting PRs via Github would be a huge benefit to Twisted.
>
>
> I feel many developers see Twisted as good and stable, but also a little
> 'dusty' and old, and I think that a move to Github would bring more code
> submitters, more discussions, more accessibility and more ' generel development'
> in the project.
>
> For that reasons I feels like it may be a good idea to move twisted to
> Github.
>
> If at some point the core dev team decides that such a move should
> happen, I would love to help with the movement of issues etc.(all the
> slave work :)) (and I think others outside the core team would be willing
> to help out too)
>
> While I doubt Twisted would move to Github’s pretty poor issue tracker,
> there is already some agreement that Twisted should be moved to github
> inasmuch that PRs should reasonably be integrated into the workflow.
>
> There are already some tickets on the Twisted tracker about a move to Git.
> I’m sure your help would be greatly appreciated :-)
>
> Here’s a wiki page where some of the tickets are linked:
> https://twistedmatrix.com/trac/wiki/Infrastructure/SwitchToGit
>
Thank you for the link.

I just realised that Gmail - for some strange reason - did not remove the
coloring after my spellcheck. I am sorry for the inconvenience (I feel
dumb!)



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