On Mar 3, 2011, at 9:49 PM, Xiaofan Chen wrote:

>>
>> I'm not terribly happy about having to use so many different tools
>> just to look at open source source, either.  Sigh.
>
> Under Linux (and maybe Mac), it is not that difficult. If you
> just need to look at the source (like me), then it is not that
> bad either.

No, it's not that difficult.  It's just messy.  Mercurial seems to =20
require a different version of python than is otherwise present on my =20
Mac, for example.  And then when you're looking at the source code you =20
have in some directory to see what you've changed, it can take me a =20
couple of tries to remember which VCS is being used there.  And some =20
of them seem to have been dissatisfied with standard english words =20
like "update" and you have to refer to the man pages or something to =20
remember that you should use "pull" or some other weird verb.  So... =20
messy and annoying.

BillW

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