Re: Git User's Survey 2007 unfinished summary continued

From: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@fieldses.org>
Date: Oct 13, 2007, 02:13 UTC
Message-ID: <20071013021345.GA7499@fieldses.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0710130130380.25221@racer.site>

On Sat, Oct 13, 2007 at 01:46:40AM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

> On Sat, 13 Oct 2007, Jakub Narebski wrote:

... (from survey response:)

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> >    Figure out why people find git hard to learn and eliminate those
> >    barriers to entry.  Make git more task-oriented rather than
> >    data-model-oriented the way it is now.
> 
> Frankly, expectations like these make me want to bang somebody's head on 
> the wall.  Why do people expect others to work for them for free?  Hard?

Well, hey, we asked for suggestions. Think of it as a project someone might want to work on, rather than as a command.

I don't know what they mean by "make git more task-oriented rather than data-model-oriented", but the first suggestion ("Find out why people find git hard to learn...") is certainly something I'd enjoy working on if I found the time.

--b.