[NCLUG] VCS howto - CRY FOR HELP

[Paul Hummer]

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Chad Perrin wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 04:35:31AM -0600, Ben West wrote:
>> This is gonna go off-topic in a hurry... If that's posisble? ^^
>>
>> I-been chatting on the #chan with good part of you regular folks last couple
>> days about launchpad and my management app, and I was thinking that while I
>> cannot do so, it might be nice if someone who understands could give a talk
>> on, say, how branching works in a VCS and how one does releases and such,
>> and in my case, something more than a "lightning talk" would be a
>> ppropriate.   Many of you are goinng to respond via the list, which is
>> great, but I'd really like someone to just show me -- it might not make a
>> difference to you, but a little hand-holding goes a long way for me toward
>> understanding.  What's more, with what's going on with my side-business atm,
>> I"m pretty busy, except as I take time out to do something specific (like
>> this) so just having info from the list will probably never get me there.
>>

I'd be happy to sit down with you and show you my workflow.  It's highly
customized and allows me to work very quickly with launchpad.  As I understand
it, you'll be at the Python Class on next Thursday.  I'd be happy to demo
something on the side for you.  It took me a while to really get a workflow that
worked for me, so, rather than telling you about all the workflows, I'll just
show you what I do.

>> If somebody would be interested in just meeting me at everyday joes or the
>> bean cycle and giving me a HOWTO, that would be fantastic.
>>
>> I'd really like to learn how this whole open-source community works, and any
>> help would be great.

Well, as much as I've been self promoting Launchpad, the community is really
what makes Launchpad so great.  The fact that I have random people file bugs,
and then attach a branch to the bug with the bugfix in it is amazingly cool.

> 
> Actually, a talk on Mercury or Git would be great, as long as it's
> informative and organized, and oriented toward teaching practical skills
> rather than proselytizing or providing a survey of its characteristics or
> how the presenter uses it.  I second the motion.

If you're going to bring up mercurial and git, it's only fair to bring Bazaar
into the panel.  :)

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Paul Hummer

http://theironlion.net
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