From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andy Parkins Subject: Re: Google Summer of Code 2007 Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:42:07 +0000 Message-ID: <200702280842.08279.andyparkins@gmail.com> References: <20070225075917.GC1676@spearce.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "Shawn O. Pearce" To: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Feb 28 09:42:18 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HMKO9-0001j5-NL for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:42:18 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752053AbXB1ImP (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Feb 2007 03:42:15 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752056AbXB1ImP (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Feb 2007 03:42:15 -0500 Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com ([64.233.182.186]:11695 "EHLO nf-out-0910.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752053AbXB1ImO (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Feb 2007 03:42:14 -0500 Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id o25so484042nfa for ; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 00:42:13 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:subject:date:user-agent:cc:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:message-id; b=HWxc2kkcpdVEuShkp6UGZOxsIIT5NbTVuNpY/UZyeoSYIUoSQWnHocnmQvGuQphQ2r3Ll8O8LFVMCsgsH7VBgys6Gkp+tCqtujOioJfmMot0CYf/wX8gTKEB9ARJApHf/tDZHmKGbCG5ZuW91LZMemYWzw//BE6LZzmJuLdDab0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:from:to:subject:date:user-agent:cc:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:message-id; b=S3u/zRsPMnMkH4Gxzk7RT2XwYGc8bIvaBAubHlb66w48TwfyP/aem1miTLb77mnbLAzufdqgoLtAgoaF5aDBP+7dH7thgjozTiNUspmlIwmTgsL4giCTI9l/1T0X3dBZNoCMpmeQ8DBNqsHLUo3isGssFP0aGAdILdNhXciqcaI= Received: by 10.49.54.3 with SMTP id g3mr3166660nfk.1172652133018; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 00:42:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from 360run094l ( [194.70.53.227]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id p72sm5033386nfc.2007.02.28.00.42.10; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 00:42:10 -0800 (PST) User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 In-Reply-To: <20070225075917.GC1676@spearce.org> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Sunday 2007 February 25 07:59, Shawn O. Pearce wrote: > Thoughts? What about the oft-asked for windows port? From what I've seen, none of the Unix types have any incentive to do this, so a financial incentive might be just the thing. Perhaps the windows port is already far enough along that this wouldn't be a big job. In which case the project could be windows shell integration (or whatever other candy-based device a windows user would need to easily use git). Project title: "Make it so that one .exe click-and-install would make the full power of git available in an idiot^H^H^H^H^H typical-GUI-using-developer friendly form" Given that the best thing for git in the long term is more users, and that no windows support is the commonly given reason why other SCMs are chosen instead, this would be a good use of the resources. I'm off to shower, I feel dirty even talking about Windows :-) Andy -- Dr Andy Parkins, M Eng (hons), MIET andyparkins@gmail.com