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* Nicholas Clark <nick@ccl4.org> [2012-08-01T11:01:14] > On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 08:04:50PM +0200, Dennis Kaarsemaker wrote: > > > Quite a while ago I looked at using using Gitalist instead of gitweb for > > perl5.git.perl.org. At the time it wasn't really ready, but it's > > improved quite a bit. David Morel gave me a Catalyst book and over the > > last few days I've implemented most of the missing parts. > > Thanks for doing this. Yes! I'd love to see us using something better than gitweb. > I hope it's also easy to add the option of "ignore whitespace changes" > to the blame view. That would be sweet. > There's stuff I'm not that keen on > > I find the colour scheme too blunt and in my face. It's distracting me from > the actual content. This may just be because I'm not used to it. Doesn't bother me much. I remain ever-grumpy by sites that have a really tall header, but fine. I can cope. > On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 07:57:29PM -0000, Father Chrysostomos wrote: > > > The shortlog is not very short. It takes three times as much space as > > gitweb. Going back three hundred commits does not consist of simply > > clicking the next link three times, but scrolling down and right and > > clicking Other Commits 15 times. Also, the fixed width is annoying. > > (The purpose of a big screen is to fit multiple things on the screen, > > not for one thing to require a huge window.) > > > > I usually tend to be alone in this. So feel free to ignore me. But > > could you leave an instance of gitweb running? > > No you're not alone. I think we'd want to keep gitweb running at least for a while, yes. As for the "not very short," yes, I agree. The number of commits per screenful is grossly reduced, and it bothers me. > *As is*, the only thing I like more about gitalist is that it can render Pod. > I hope things change. I think there's a lot to be said for the fact that it's almost certainly easier to hack on than gitweb. Unfortunately, I know I won't be doing any of that hacking. Unless we know someone will, it's an empty promise for us. So, who wants to be a dedicated "Gitalist for p5p" hacker? -- rjbsThread Previous | Thread Next