[mythtv] 'stable' tag proposal

[Mario L]

What Brad has said here I have learned comes across all walks of life.
 I mean think when you first get a new job - would you ever say to
your supervisor 'ya know - i dont think we should keep doing this like
this - lets just swtich over to everything i say'.  You can guarantee
you wouldn't gain acceptance nor keep that job for very long.


On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 14:24:35 -0500, Brad Benson <bbenso1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 12:47:35 -0500 (EST), andrew burke
> <aburke at bitflood.org > wrote:
> 
> > Look, yes, I could figure out how to do this with CVS, but frankly, CVS
> > sucks.  Not having changesets is just crap.  Hell, not being able to
> > *rename files* is crap.
> >
> 
> Okay, that's your opinion and you're entitled to it.  However, CVS is
> what's being used right now so if you're really willing to help a
> great way to start would be to learn CVS and see if you can manage a
> release branch of the current code.  Once you manage to do that
> successfully and show that you're contributing to the project instead
> of just whining about how it should be changed people will probably be
> more receptive to your suggestions for changes.  Hell, if you learn
> CVS and work on managing a branch you would then have access to pull a
> copy over to subversion yourself and show people how much better you
> think it is.
> 
> Sometimes the best way to get changes made is to start doing it the
> way people want you to and then physically show them how much better
> your way is.  At the very least that will stop the replies of "quit
> whining and actually do something".
> 
> Brad
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