GSoC Project commits (Was "Re: [26439] users")

[Paul Guyot]

On Jun 24, 2007, at 8:37 AM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:

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> On Jun 23, 2007, at 18:16, Paul Guyot wrote:
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>> On Jun 24, 2007, at 6:12 AM, Juan Manuel Palacios wrote:
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>>> 	About this commit though.... it was discussed on the this list  
>>> some time ago whether GSoC work should be committed to trunk or  
>>> to a branch, and the consensus was that, this being SCM and  
>>> therefore moving back and forth being an easy operation, GSoC  
>>> students should commit to either based on their own judgement.  
>>> Seems to me like you clearly don't feel comfortable enough to  
>>> commit this work to trunk, so why not put it in an appropriate  
>>> branch? Seems to me like a more standard and expected place to  
>>> find experimental code like this.
>>
>> What's the difference with subversion between a branch and a  
>> directory such as users/sfiera/registry2.0/?
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> If it were a complete branch of base, anyone could just check it  
> out, compile it, and play with it. When registry2.0 is just a  
> directory by itself like that, though, it requires more work: at  
> least checking out base, then checking out (or exporting)  
> registry2.0 into the correct place inside it. Maybe more changes; I  
> don't know, since I don't really know how base works. If it were  
> all codified into a branch, I wouldn't need to know. I'd just check  
> it out and use it.

True. Yet, registry2.0 directory is completely inert C code for now,  
it's just a set of native Tcl commands. Copying this source code to  
trunk doesn't mean it will be used for any operation. It will not  
even be compiled with a ./configure && make sequence in base/  
directory. Out of what Chris checked in, only tests can be executed.  
I believe this is why he didn't check in a full copy of base/. The  
rationale for checking the code in is that (a) he can use our SCM (b)  
we can see what he's up to. I had a previous version of this code by  
mail, but I appreciate that he publishes this in his users/  
directory, so everyone can see.

Paul