Fetching updates on Dreamhack?

[ninetydegrees]

How does one update their repos on their hack now? The 'old' script no longer pulls anything for me (what used to be on http://wiki.dwscoalition.org/wiki/index.php/Dev_Maintenance) and I don't understand how I can keep up with changes. :/

(Context: I'm on Windows; I use PuTTY and WinSCP).

Edit: ok, if anybody else wonders, short answer is you can no longer update your hack using old methods. :/

Edit 2: long answer is you can switch to the new system. See comments for detailed instructions. :)

Comments

[fu]

Fey has already said everything that I want to say -- just seconding that comments are excellent (both for you, and for making it easy for others to see what's going on).

I'll be lurking around in case you run into any issues; I may have to head to bed soon, but fey is around, and I will be checking in first thing in my morning!

[ninetydegrees]

Thank you. I don't know if I should say this but... I've always felt it wasn't really ok actually. Not from you, just in general. It's obvious it's not a favoured way of communication in lots of areas so, er, well.

[fu]

I'm sorry you've gotten that impression. Thinking back on it, I don't think we've made it obvious that discussion in comments is something we encourage, so we'll have to figure out how to push for it more.

[ninetydegrees]

It's not your fault. I think it also comes from the fact that some (many?) of you guys knew each other before either via LJ or pre-beta days and there are... traditions I guess. And personal preferences too, of course. So it's like an automatism if that makes sense.

Edit: reread your comment as the page reloaded it and I wanted to clarify something. It's no so much 'encourage' as 'welcome': discussion wherever it takes place is welcome and will get a response, even if it can take some time depending on the mode of communication. Also related, it feels like some info bypasses (edit: not the right word but at least correct grammar) official DW comms entirely, which I've always found odd, and thus preventing comments from happening there because there isn't simply anything to comment on.