Re: Bug#409341: ITP: hgview -- Graphical viewer for distributed version content managment tools
On 02-Feb-07, 01:08 (CST), Vincent Danjean <vdanjean@debian.org> wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: Vincent Danjean <vdanjean@debian.org>
>
> * Package name : hgview
> Version : not yet released
> Upstream Author : Ludovic Aubry <ludal@logilab.fr>
> * URL : http://www.logilab.org/hg/hgview
That redirects to the changelog, which is not actually very useful for
someone trying to find info about the package. Google doesn't find
anything more useful, though.
> * License : Not yet fixed. Probably GPL. I'm taking with upstream
> Programming Lang: Python + gtk
> Description : Graphical viewer for distributed SCM tools
>
> Distributed Source Control Managment tools such as git/cogito or
> mercurial deals with large graphs of changesets. This tool allows to
> display them graphicaly.
1. That's "graphically".
2. Does hgview really support anything besides mercurial? A quick glance
at hgview.py implies otherwise.
3. In anycase, explicitly list the supported DSCM systems. "Tools such
as" doesn't help the user.
Steve
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