Re: A modest proposal -- We need a patch penguin

[Wayne Scott]

From: Larry McVoy <[e-mail]>
> If so, what you are describing is called "hacking" in the negative
> sense of the word, and what my customers do is called "programming".
> It's quite rare to see the sort of mess that you described, it happens,
> but it is rare.  I don'tknow how else to explain it, but it is not the
> norm in the professional world to try a zillion different approaches
> and revision control each and every one.
> 
> The norm is:
> 	clone a repository
> 	edit the files
> 	modify/compile/debug until it works
> 	check in
> 	push the patch up the shared repository

Or they create do a line of development in a repository with commits
and then determine that it wasn't working.  No problem throw it away
and start over from a clean copy.  Since the repositories are
distributed, private branches just disappear if you don't like them.

-Wayne