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At Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:29:28 -0500, Shaun Ellis wrote: > > If you read my email, I don't tell anyone what to use, but simply > attempt to clear up some fallacies. Distributed version control is new > to many, and I want to make sure that folks are getting accurate > information from this list. Once again, these are not “fallacies”: they are disagreements. > […] > > Pull-requests are used by repository hosting platforms to make it easier > to suggest patches. GitHub and BitBucket both use the pattern, and I > don't understand what you mean by it being a "closed tool". If you're > concerned about "barriers to entry", suggesting a patch using only git > or mercurial can be done, but I wouldn't say it's easy. > > ... and what Devon said. An open tool is Internet email: I can send an email from my provider (ucop.edu) to yours (princeton.edu). A closed tool is github, where I need a github account to send you a pull request. An open tool would be one where I can send a pull request bitbucket to github. (Obviously, bitbucket is as closed as github in this regard.) best, Erik