Re: base

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@xemacs.org>]

Óscar Fuentes writes:
 > "Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@xemacs.org> writes:
 > 
 > [snip]
 > 
 > >  > On the long term (or not so long) it is not the most
 > >  > cost-effective approach.
 > > For the users described above, it probably is.  That's why Bazaar
 > > is reasonably popular among people who are project managers in
 > > companies.  They choose one of the well-supported workflows (many
 > > of which are rather centralized, which often suits managers), the
 > > users learn it easily because Bazaar makes it easy, and life is
 > > good.  Nothing wrong with that.

 > Apart from using a sub-optimal tool, right?

We're not talking about tools here, we're talking about workflows and
use cases.

 > > But many users will *never* want to do either of those.
 > [snip]
 > 
 > Seeing the user as someone with simplistic expectations and needs
 > is a capital sin in the Emacs religion.

Please.  I advocate sharp tools and learning how to use them well,
too.  All I'm saying is that for many users, they will not need that,
and should be allowed to learn about the tool at their own pace.  Some
git users will never need more than "clone", "pull", and "log" (eg,
that's my use case for my X.org repos to date).

Other users will need more advanced uses, and I think it is a
responsibility of those who discuss project workflows to be familiar
with them.