[Numpy-discussion] Introduction to Scott, Jason, and (possibly) others from Enthought

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On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 7:44 PM, Matthew Brett <matthew.brett at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>> I think the main problem has been windows compatibility. Git is best from
>> the command line whereas the windows command line is an afterthought.
>> Another box that needs a check-mark is the buildbot. If svn clients are
>> supported then it may be that neither of those are going to be a problem.
>> However, It needs user testing.
>
> For windows - I think honestly this is now not a serious barrier to
> using git.  I've installed msysgit on 4 or 5 machines recently, and it
> has been very smooth - as well as providing a nice bash shell.

there is no such thing as a "nice" bash shell for a windows user.
I have no idea how to use one.

Josef


>
> I think it would be a huge reduction in the barrier to contributing to
> numpy if we could change to git.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Matthew
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