[PATCH] help: move hgignore man page into built-in help

Matt Mackall mpm at selenic.com
Fri Apr 8 14:19:27 CDT 2011


On Fri, 2011-04-08 at 23:22 +0530, Shayan Md wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 10:23 PM, Matt Mackall <mpm at selenic.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 2011-04-08 at 11:50 +0200, Martin Geisler wrote:
> > > "Md.O.Shayan" <mdoshayan at gmail.com> writes:
> > >
> > > > # HG changeset patch
> > > > # User Md.O.Shayan<mdoshayan at gmail.com>
> > > > # Date 1302253980 -19800
> > > > # Node ID 6cbe250742aac8668aa24afce0bf614c7c1cdc78
> > > > # Parent  d3f90ff904b80519ee432241d359d34d75af5475
> > > > help: move hgignore man page into built-in help
> > >
> > > That is cool -- will you make a follow-up patch that replaces the text
> > > in doc/hgignore.5.txt with a
> > >
> > >   .. include:: ../mercurial/help/hgignore.txt
> >
> > Hold on, folks.
> >
> > Martin, you should be aware that it's extremely awkward for Md to be
> > starting on GSoC goals when a) the deadline hasn't even arrived and b)
> > he's competing with another student for a slot in the same area.
> >
> > Md, we appreciate your enthusiasm, but please hold off on any further
> > work that touches your project area, as it will put us in a very
> > uncomfortable position when trying to evaluate your proposal.
> >
> 
> Ok. Apparently I got desperate to prove myself. I was about to send a bunch
> of patches. You are right. I'll hold them. Can I put them some where public?

No, please don't. The point is for us to evaluate everyone fairly on the
merits of their applications, not on how much time they have available
to work before the summer starts. You can work on stuff outside your
project area, though, I think that will be less problematic.

-- 
Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time.




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