Re: Let me ask again: How do we import patches from non-git sources?

From: Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@imag.fr>
Date: Jun 14, 2007, 07:53 UTC
Message-ID: <vpqsl8v6kfz.fsf@bauges.imag.fr>
In-Reply-To: <1181785754.4102.13.camel@zealous.synapsedev.com>

Marc Singer <elf@synapse.com> writes:

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> On Wed, 2007-06-06 at 13:18 -0500, Jon Loeliger wrote:
>> On Wed, 2007-06-06 at 12:58, Matthieu Moy wrote:
>> 
>> > Cogito is more or less depreceted now. You should probably use git
>> > itself.
>> 
>> Hmm.  We should then likely try to encourage kernel.org and denx.de
>> folks to advertise cloning their published repos with git rather
>> than cogito now.
>
> It's also users who are *just* getting their feet wet in the git pool.

Yes, and cogito definitely _used_ to be a very good thing for them. But today, starting with cogito instead of git is not really easier for a beginner: OK, the program is a bit simpler to use, but some commands are missing, so you'll sometimes have to type "git" and sometimes "cogito" (the cogito tutorial was actually using a few git commands). Then, the user comes on the mailing list and asks something, he will be answered in terms of git commands 95% of the times, ...

For that reasons, the maintainer of cogito said some time ago that he was probably going to stop working on cogito. Maybe I missed something in the meantime, but I don't think anyone volunteered to continue with cogito. So, encourraging people to use cogito is a bit like "hey, try this, but once you've finished learning it, you'll have to forget it and migrate" ...

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Matthieu