[Twisted-Python] version control, QA, branching ...

[Allen Short]

>>>>> "Donovan" == Donovan Baarda <abo at minkirri.apana.org.au> writes:

    >> > * Arch > http://www.regexps.com/arch.html
    >> 
    >> It's a mess of shell scripts and ftp crap.

    > That was my concern when I first looked at it. A few people
    > spent a fair bit of time trying to convince me "it's not that
    > bad". The mess of scripts still makes me uneasy, but the design
    > is probably sound. I suspect a conversion to Python would give
    > Arch some deserved credibility.

    > The "ftp crap" is a bit harsh... they happen to have chosen ftp
    > as the network transport protocol, which IMHO is a better idea
    > than inventing a new one. FTP as a protocol sucks, but it it
    > widely supported.


yeah -- my original take on arch was that its implementation made it
unacceptable. but as i think about it, i'm not sure that's such a big
deal; the design seems sound from the docs, and since it's written in
a "software tools" style, incremental conversion to Python should be
feasible if that's ever desired. So... it's tempting to try for some
less-important repositories, i think. (TRDemo, perhaps?) The "FTP" and
"shell" aspects of it are pretty nonessential to its operation, so far
as i can tell.

-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 189 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://twistedmatrix.com/pipermail/twisted-python/attachments/20020913/46cd9979/attachment.pgp