On Fri, Dec 20, 2019 at 6:15 PM Chris Muller <asqueaker at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 10:38 AM Frank Shearar <frank.shearar at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Chris wants a clean history with _meaningful_ chunks of changes.
>> Other people want commits to be discrete/isolated changes, where "fixing
>> typos" is one kind of change. (*)
>>
>
> I want that too, just not micro-sized singles.  **There's plenty to do**
> in every package, please include a couple more non-critical typo's,
> categorizations, comments, or obvious bug-fixes, and submit it as a "fix
> pack".  The contents should be more significant than the packaging that
> wraps it, not less.
>
>
>> Everyone wants an efficient version control system.
>>
>> Also: code is easy to change, while people are very hard to change.
>>
>> Wikis have handled this for decades with a "minor edit" flag. (PhpWiki
>> certainly had it in the last century.)
>>
>> If Monticello commits had such a concept, Chris could say "please don't
>> show me dust" and other reviewers could demand "separate out the typo fixes
>> from the interesting changes". I'm sure there are interesting technical
>> discussions to be had, but my meta-point is this: quit arguing about
>> process and invest in the tools and everyone can get what they want.
>>
>
> Interesting.  Something like that could be helpful.  Maybe even, "fix" or
> "feature", that way it's less
>

of a judgement call, like "interesting"...


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