Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder1.enfer-du-nord.net!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!usenet.ukfsn.org!not-for-mail From: Martin Gregorie Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Two More Very General Consulting Question Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2011 23:12:06 +0000 (UTC) Organization: UK Free Software Network Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: <4edffd56$0$286$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <4EE236B3.1050200@telia.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 84.45.235.129 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: localhost.localdomain 1323472326 17662 84.45.235.129 (9 Dec 2011 23:12:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@localhost.localdomain NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2011 23:12:06 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Pan/0.135 (Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea; GIT 30dc37b master) Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:10634 On Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:26:27 +0100, Lars Enderin wrote: > On 2011-12-09 13:51, Andreas Leitgeb wrote: >> Arved Sandstrom wrote: >>> Let me put it this way, and maybe this helps to make my point: "they >>> make creating new repositories much easier", as you mentioned above, >>> is _not_ a selling point in many client environments. There is zero >>> appeal to many managers of developers being able to make repositories, >>> and there can be substantial pushback to features like this. To many >>> managers the features of DVCSs that you or I (or other with-it >>> developers) like are negative selling points, because they interpret >>> those as leading to lack of control and lack of visibility. >> >> I'm putting in a word for the managers: >> >> The longer you keep your changes local (even if "locally commited"), >> the higher is the risk of a conflict with other devels' changesets. > > Have you thought about how "devel" sounds to a native English speaker? I > wouldn't use that abbrev. That is a non-issue. The spelling makes the meaning clear. -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org |