Bug#409341: ITP: hgview -- Graphical viewer for distributed version content managment tools

[Vincent Danjean <Vincent.Danjean@ens-lyon.org>]

Steve Greenland a écrit :
> 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.

I talked with the upstream developer. the correct URL is
http://www.logilab.org/projects/hgview

>> * License         : Not yet fixed. Probably GPL. I'm taking with upstream

It is GPL

>>   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".

ok. I will probably rewrite the whole description when the software will
be ready (and a list of features available).

> 2. Does hgview really support anything besides mercurial? A quick glance
> at hgview.py implies otherwise.

This is a very new project. When the first public release will be ready,
I will see which DSCM will be supported.

> 3. In anycase, explicitly list the supported DSCM systems. "Tools such
> as" doesn't help the user.

As soon as I know it, I will. Anyway, the first release will support
mercurial and perhaps cogito/git.

  Thanks for your remarks,
    Vincent