"Not all forks are equal and no one repo is necessarily any more important than any other (including the original repo)."
I think the argument can be made that this is exactly why git is cool. Which repository is considered the "master" repository becomes a "social decision" instead of a technical one (by means of the admin rights). However, GitHub emphasizes the role of the "original" repository by mentioning it everywhere (as pointed out by the author).
In my opinion, it is a fair point to argue that adding a description to forks would be useful. But to say that the GitHub model is fundamentally flawed takes is a step too far for me.
The article also mentions that it would be great to have more options regarding pull requests. This is indeed something that I would also find useful. Maybe there could be the "standard" pull request, but optionally the user could propose a fullow-up action on the pull request!?
> I think the argument can be made that this is exactly why git is cool. Which repository is considered the "master" repository becomes a "social decision" instead of a technical one (by means of the admin rights). However, GitHub emphasizes the role of the "original" repository by mentioning it everywhere (as pointed out by the author).
Because these work out-of-the-box on an installation of Snow Leopard or Lion - or in fact, any machine with python 2.6 and/or libxml2, which includes the latest Ubuntu LTS release.
There's definitely better tools out there if you're willing to install something - but these are great when you're in a pinch.
No reason to wait, its already the FAZ top story [1].
Same with the Die Zeit [2]. Interestingly Der Spiegel has apparently not picked up the story yet.
Der Spiegel has now picked it up [1], but of course some people driving around in circles are more important, so it's not in the top spot on the front page :-)
Doesn't really work for me, but there is already an issue on GitHub for this.
However, I don't really see the added value if you are using MacVim in the first place.
The big advantage over MacVim is that Vimroom works from the terminal, anywhere. I can use the plugin no matter which machine I'm logged into, which is pretty valuable to me.
I fixed the only issue that was on the project before today (errors when mapping keys that were already mapped), and pushed a v0.7. I hope that fixes the issue you experienced.
It's gotten better, and the story is not that bad, but most of the actors are just completely terrible. There is just nothing in their characters to care about.
I am currently working on my thesis in which I make extensive use of the github API. I am trying to do an empirical (hence the data from github) analysis of innovation in the open source community.
I think the argument can be made that this is exactly why git is cool. Which repository is considered the "master" repository becomes a "social decision" instead of a technical one (by means of the admin rights). However, GitHub emphasizes the role of the "original" repository by mentioning it everywhere (as pointed out by the author).
In my opinion, it is a fair point to argue that adding a description to forks would be useful. But to say that the GitHub model is fundamentally flawed takes is a step too far for me.
The article also mentions that it would be great to have more options regarding pull requests. This is indeed something that I would also find useful. Maybe there could be the "standard" pull request, but optionally the user could propose a fullow-up action on the pull request!?