[wp-forums] SocialBlogsite (aka SergioZambrano)

[Chip Bennett]

I totally get that this particular guy is a lost cause. Did you read his
blog post? His primary complaint seems to be that SVN wasn't written by
Apple devs, and doesn't hold one's hand. (It's as if the light hasn't quite
gone on yet that an SVN client is essentially analogous to an FTP client,
and one uses them, and interacts with files with them, almost exactly the
same way.)

But I could still see a place with some client-agnostic GUI instructions,
such as what credentials to use, and how the SVN repo URL is formed (i.e.
using plugin-slug).

Anyway, I'll muse on it a bit, and see if I come up with something
beneficial.

Chip

On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 1:55 PM, Mika A. Epstein <ipstenu at ipstenu.org> wrote:

> FWIW, I'm not really sure it's worth the effort right NOW to make a
> 'middle ground' codex page.  The WP /about/svn page has the implication
> that you already know SVN works. And to that end, we really should just par
> it down to "Using the SVN application of your choice, check in..."
>
> It's not WP's place to document how to use SVN (tortoise or command line).
> It's only the place to document any specifics to WP: Which is 'Connect to
> <serevr>.' and 'Use your forums login ID (CASE SENSITIVE!!!) and password'
> and ... then the basics. Done. I'd say we don't need to teach them how to
> install MAMP, but how to install WP on an existing MAMP. If the analogy
> makes any sense...
>
>
> Aaand a comment left on my site (NOT the contact form, a comment).
>
> "I really like this contact form!
>
> I’m writing you here because you didn’t warn about closing my topic, and
> because this form agrees other to contact you
>
> I’m not asking the car’s manufacturer to teach me to drive. Actually the
> analogy about the bulldozer is better, which can be driven like-a-car
> without reading the whole manual, just what’s different.
> I’m just requesting the manufacturer leaves the glovebox unlocked for the
> short driving guide to be put in there.
>
> A link at the top for the Vista – Finder users would be enough.
>
> I want to take advantage of this occasion to ask you:
> What’s the best way to choose a topic in WP forums to be “public” or
> “private”.
> No matter what I do they always seem to get private eyes only, and no
> “public”.
>
> Thanks."
>
>
> On 09.02.2012 13:37, Chip Bennett wrote:
>
>> Holy cow. That guy would give Socrates a run for his money.
>>
>> That said: he *may* have a point about the Codex page needing a bit of
>> love, to give some TortoiseSVN-specific instructions. (Not that it would
>> help *him*, since he clearly doesn't understand what an SVN client is, nor
>> did he appear willing to read the two related links on the Codex page,
>> that
>> would have clarified things for him.) Anyway, is it worth crossing over to
>> WP-Docs, to see about adding some SVN client instructions directly to the
>> Codex page?
>>
>> (Good thing you've closed his topics; his posts are itching for a Fisking,
>> and I have much more important things to do with my time...)
>>
>> Chip
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 1:17 PM, esmi at quirm dot net <esmi at quirm.net
>> >wrote:
>>
>>  on 09/02/2012 17:57 Mika A Epstein said the following:
>>>
>>>  He has some serious issues with SVN. Basically the directions on WP
>>>
>>>> are too sparse and the official ones to complicated.
>>>>
>>>> I've closed http://bit.ly/AbAEuS because he's devolving into abuse
>>>> and uselessness.
>>>>
>>>> I propose any SVN posts of his just be deleted.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Agreed.
>>>
>>> esmi
>>>
>>>
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