[Biopython-dev] biopython on github

[Tiago Antão]

Hi,

On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 9:55 PM, Brad Chapman <chapmanb at 50mail.com> wrote:
> The solution to this is documentation on the wiki. We rely too much on
> the mailing list and expect people to keep up. Peter read my mind on
> this:

I fully agree on this. There is lots of implicit policy that is either
not documented at all or only to be read here on the mailing list. All
should be on the wiki. Clear, transparent, explicit, for everybody to
see (at least that is my personal opinion).


> We are serious about moving to Git and need to have the documentation in
> place so others can learn it. You wrote up a lot of good stuff, and it
> will be lost on the mailing list.

I am planning on changing http://biopython.org/wiki/PopGen_dev and
"GITify" it completely. I will draft a document with a policy for
updates (just as a starting point, please feel free to disagree), the
currently existing branches and so on.

I will include a set of tips on how to pull stuff from GIT, regarding
this part I note:
a. maybe this can be moved, in the future, to the general biopython documentaion
b. I am far from being a git specialist. Corrections will surely be
needed and encouraged.

I will write back here when the changes are done.

Tiago