Re: [Om-synth] Re: patch repository

[Dave Robillard]

On Fri, 2005-21-10 at 15:26 +1000, Loki Davison wrote:
> On 10/20/05, Dave Robillard <address@hidden> wrote:
> > On Wed, 2005-19-10 at 18:12 +0200, elgrande wrote:
> > > Atte André Jensen wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi
> > > >
> > > > A while back Dave expressed a wish for an online repository for
> > > > sharing om patches. Are there any news on this?
> > > >
> > >
> > > wouldn't it be easy like this:
> > >
> > > Add a cvs module (e.g. om_shared_patches) to the om repository.
[snip]
> >
> > This would require every user to have write access to CVS!  Even if that
> > were possible, no way in hell is it going to happen :)
> >
> > Many end-user types don't even have CVS installed anyway.  Thanks for
> > the idea though. :)
> >
> > -DR-
> 
> Wouldn't a wiki style system be far superior to this? I'd be happy if
> it om_gtk or a script etc couples with the online system to make
> download/upload very easy, but really registration and effort free is
> what would be nice. Maybe you can have rego if you want  but some
> simple encryption that spambots can't break is probably the easiest.
> Quick and easy is what we should aim for though. It's a really good
> idea that should really get off the ground.

It's a simple question of what's going to get done and what isn't.  How
long have we been talking about the big magical patch repository site
that will cure all ills?  Noone's about to make it anytime soon.

Anyway, I can add client support with easy uploading/downloading to
numerous repos (which are just directories) just as easily as for a
single site.

Either way, even if there was a centralised site, patch URIs and a user
patch path is still a good idea.


-DR-