[Python-Dev] devguide: Basic instructions on how to generate a patch with hg for non-committers.

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Sun, 6 Feb 2011 12:13:08 -0800
Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> wrote:
> >
> > We could perhaps present SVN-like "work in the working copy" workflow
> > (without local commits), and let seasoned hg users choose other
> > workflows they like more (they don't need our help anyway).
> 
> I would rather give people some simple workflow that has some benefit
> over svn. Basically whatever is the easiest to comprehend and work
> with should be what we start people with.

Ok, I've updated the devguide to present a simple named branch-based
approach. I'm not sure it is our job to *explain* hg features, so I've
just given a couple of minimal instructions to get people on track.

Regards

Antoine.