Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed2.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.000 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'from:addr:yahoo.co.uk': 0.04; '(b)': 0.07; 'tool,': 0.07; 'git': 0.09; 'lawrence': 0.09; 'mercurial': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'tismer': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; 'finney': 0.16; 'habits,': 0.16; 'hat,': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'subject:library': 0.16; 'trail.': 0.16; 'worst': 0.16; 'followed': 0.16; 'language': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'wed,': 0.18; 'bit': 0.19; 'patrick': 0.19; 'starts': 0.20; 'thanks.': 0.20; '>>>': 0.22; 'programming': 0.22; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; '(a)': 0.24; 'decide': 0.24; 'question': 0.24; "i've": 0.25; 'source': 0.25; 'right.': 0.26; 'second': 0.26; 'header:X -Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'tried': 0.27; 'chris': 0.29; "i'm": 0.30; '>>>>': 0.31; 'writes:': 0.31; 'another': 0.32; 'running': 0.33; 'agree': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'version': 0.36; 'should': 0.36; 'project': 0.37; 'easily': 0.37; 'christian': 0.38; 'ben': 0.38; 'to:addr:python- list': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.38; 'bad': 0.39; 'visual': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'dave': 0.60; 'world.': 0.61; 'you.': 0.62; 'more': 0.64; '30,': 0.65; 'talking': 0.65; 'experience.': 0.67; 'natural': 0.68; 'pardon': 0.84; 'safe.': 0.84; '2013': 0.98 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Mark Lawrence Subject: Re: personal library Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 21:08:40 +0000 References: <1626628321404821598.534803patrick.vrijlandt-gmail.com@newszilla.xs4all.nl> <527171A1.4000200@rece.vub.ac.be> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: host-78-147-27-80.as13285.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.1.0 In-Reply-To: <527171A1.4000200@rece.vub.ac.be> X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 38 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1383167356 news.xs4all.nl 15878 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:42992 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:58119 On 30/10/2013 20:52, Antoon Pardon wrote: > Op 30-10-13 21:02, patrick vrijlandt schreef: >> Chris Angelico wrote: >>> On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 3:33 PM, Ben Finney wrote: >>>> Chris Angelico writes: >>>> >>>>> *Definitely* use source control. >>>> >>>> +1, but prefer to call it a “version control system” which is (a) more >>>> easily searched on the internet, and (b) somewhat more accurate. >>> >>> Right. I've picked up some bad habits, and I think Dave may also >>> have... but yes, "distributed version control system" is what I'm >>> talking about here. >>> >>> ChrisA >> >> Thanks. Do you all agree that Mercurial is the way to go, or is there >> another "distributed version control system" that I should shortlist? > > This is a question that only you can answer trough experience. I started > out with bazaar, tried out git at bit and finaly ended up using mercurial > but others have followed their own trail. > > So start a small project and try to use a number of them simultaneously > and then decide which feels more natural to you. > And if the worst comes to the worst there's always Visual Source Safe. Starts running with trenching tool, camouflage net, tin hat, flak jacket... :) -- Python is the second best programming language in the world. But the best has yet to be invented. Christian Tismer Mark Lawrence