However, and hope not to be off-topic, a git repository (github, gitlab, codeplex, etc., not just solely github) could constitute a tidy approach, and make things easier to R Core :) By putting the focus on version control, the line of changes made with each commit (With the possibility to reverse changes), and not verbose e-mails. Juan I strongly disagree. Are you aware that github is a commercial>> company, github inc. [1] ? >> What about gitlab? or Microsoft's codeplex? There are other services >> similar to github, why github? >> What happens if github goes out of business? >> >> R-project should be maintained in the academic network and under >> auspices of universities. >> >> >> [*] GitHub, Inc. >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub >> > >[[alternative HTML version deleted]]
On 26.12.2017 00:45, Juan Telleria wrote:> However, and hope not to be off-topic, a git repository (github, gitlab, > codeplex, etc., not just solely github) could constitute a tidy approach, > and make things easier to R Core :) > > By putting the focus on version control, the line of changes made with each > commit (With the possibility to reverse changes), and not verbose e-mails.That works well with svn, and we have the sequential labels which are e.g. important for bisecting changes. I do not see how I can find this out with git easily. Best, Uwe Ligges> Juan > > I strongly disagree. Are you aware that github is a commercial >>> company, github inc. [1] ? >>> What about gitlab? or Microsoft's codeplex? There are other services >>> similar to github, why github? >>> What happens if github goes out of business? >>> >>> R-project should be maintained in the academic network and under >>> auspices of universities. >>> >>> >>> [*] GitHub, Inc. >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub >>> >> >> > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel >
Duncan Murdoch
2018-Jan-03 23:49 UTC
[Rd] R CMD check warning about compiler warning flags
On 03/01/2018 6:11 PM, Uwe Ligges wrote:> > > On 26.12.2017 00:45, Juan Telleria wrote: >> However, and hope not to be off-topic, a git repository (github, gitlab, >> codeplex, etc., not just solely github) could constitute a tidy approach, >> and make things easier to R Core :) >> >> By putting the focus on version control, the line of changes made with each >> commit (With the possibility to reverse changes), and not verbose e-mails. > > That works well with svn, and we have the sequential labels which are > e.g. important for bisecting changes. > I do not see how I can find this out with git easily.I think git supports bisection, but I don't see how switching to git would make anything easier for R Core. Perhaps Juan can tell us which R Core tasks would be easier in git. Duncan Murdoch