From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Tapsell Subject: Re: Modern Git GUI Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:30:06 +0000 Message-ID: <43d8ce651001250630p51761f6eyce8b89da6ffcd7b@mail.gmail.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE To: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Jan 25 15:30:23 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NZPxG-00013N-D9 for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:30:14 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753498Ab0AYOaJ convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:30:09 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753487Ab0AYOaI (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:30:08 -0500 Received: from mail-pw0-f42.google.com ([209.85.160.42]:53589 "EHLO mail-pw0-f42.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750768Ab0AYOaH convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:30:07 -0500 Received: by pwi21 with SMTP id 21so2267250pwi.21 for ; Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:30:06 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=cNfnLxlf1uNANYdQlP1iTrpKZqg/egnPkwJ9ewTF1hA=; b=xkg+ZptZsSQ28Sl0lIADCUSLxdBt0CfQJ9AbpaToSomugk84bUNqxEqEpuQF7lOnLG mvxHo4rVrbMP8WBDPU+kaCSIQxrPPeQeo+yxJqv5xq3huAMSzCTiRgrRifqcb2VZ/CuJ Do//0UgqwXsL5XtI0ccMZWcE9UB+8RJfU0A0c= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=DH3vLR5d2p+hHaMGmcnTLIS3mXvN7SAx6BYJBM/ldAzr7xLqVu7MywVBit3BA5UJeB GV8WDm0Zo+z4LXJBOV2l8PXjbad9IrkDK9nd7eRoML2NJ0yI7lavmkiaHQSEQq0lAjdD 9k6eYyCueXc6Dg8/Y2dUs1KZaENbIupMUB7Cw= Received: by 10.114.163.9 with SMTP id l9mr3730169wae.5.1264429806775; Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:30:06 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: 2010/1/25 Johannes Schindelin : > Hi, > > On Sun, 24 Jan 2010, Matthieu Moy wrote: > >> If you decide to go on with your project, either you want to carry i= t >> out alone, or you'll have to convince other developers to join. In t= he >> second case, a good starting point would be to explain why the other= GUI >> are not good enough, and why you can't just contribute to them. > > Actually, a much better way would be to be positive, not negative. =C2= =A0I.e. > to show something you did, which hopefully entices others to use your > project (and maybe contribute to it). Actually in this case, I don't think that would be good enough. My first thought would be "why didn't he just add this feature to an existing GUI rather than reinventing the wheel yet again". So there would really have to be good reasons why the other GUIs aren't a good enough starting point