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Re: Question about Source Control

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Date 2014-03-24 13:04 +1100
Subject Re: Question about Source Control
From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
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On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 12:26 PM, Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> wrote:
> With multiple branches (as with 2.7, 3.4, and default for cpython) and
> multiple active developers (20?) commiting to those brances, commits are
> definitely not free. I would not exactly call them as cheap as you seem to
> imply either. That said, I have occasionally pushed interim changes that put
> code in an improved and stable state.
>
> N. Coughlan has suggested improving the cpython infrastructure and
> procedures to reduce the cost of commits to encourage more people to make
> more commits (in the sense of more lines changed, not more pieces) and
> improve cpython faster.

When I call them cheap, what I mean is that there's little difference
between a single commit and 2-3 commits as a group. Yes, there's a bit
more difference when you're cherry-picking them to other branches, and
maybe an infrastructure/procedure change could help with that; but
once they're there in history, it doesn't hurt to have three separate
commits doing related work, keeping the distinct parts distinct.

ChrisA

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Re: Question about Source Control "Frank Millman" <frank@chagford.com> - 2014-03-18 08:42 +0200
  Re: Question about Source Control Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2014-03-19 10:51 +1300
    Re: Question about Source Control Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-03-18 21:38 -0400
    Re: Question about Source Control Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2014-03-18 21:12 -0500
      Re: Question about Source Control albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2014-03-22 17:32 +0000
        Re: Question about Source Control Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2014-03-22 13:49 -0500
        Re: Question about Source Control Albert-Jan Roskam <fomcl@yahoo.com> - 2014-03-22 13:01 -0700
        Re: Question about Source Control Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2014-03-22 22:18 -0400
        Re: Question about Source Control Albert-Jan Roskam <fomcl@yahoo.com> - 2014-03-23 07:58 -0700
        Re: Question about Source Control Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-03-24 09:56 +1100
        Re: Question about Source Control Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-03-23 21:26 -0400
        Re: Question about Source Control Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-03-24 01:42 +0000
        Re: Question about Source Control Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-03-24 13:04 +1100
        Re: Question about Source Control Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-03-24 00:55 -0400
    Re: Question about Source Control Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-03-19 13:34 +1100

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