So, I made this change at one point:

https://github.com/clembie/mc_chuck_dev

Which was really a trivial little change involving a stubbed out but unpopulated method in Object that allowed for a very powerful operation when making generic handlers for things like UGens and other objects (see example in README).  If I started mucking around with this stuff again, I'd definitely prefer to fork from a git repo rather than CVS.  

I've always wanted to be able to ask an object for the name of its super class, for instance.

It would be really nice to get some documentation on the current implementation of ChucK in order to facilitate this kind of community experimentation.

Just dreaming here...

//mike

http://michaelclemow.com
http://semiotech.org




On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 9:55 AM, Remi Gillig <remigillig@gmail.com> wrote:
This is truly great to see that many people interested ! I agree that
my own changes should not be in the main trunk but this is how I would
have done it if I forked the main chuck github project if there was
one. After that I could have made a pull request for my changes if the
original repository maintainers wanted to integrate my changes.

Anyway, this is all conditional and I would like some input from the
current SVN committers (Spencer Salazar and Ge Wang) if they could be
ready to make this change. Nowadays, all platforms supported by ChucK
have decent Git support and using Git in combination with GitHub
really can make wonders to an open source project like ChucK.

I hope this message will reach them. In the meantime, I will try to
keep my github in sync with the SVN one but I can't guarantee
anything.

As for contribution, if anyone is up for it, the current
CMakeLists.txt file only supports Windows (because I don't have
anything else setup) so it needs Linux and MacOSX support (at least
with default options). And maybe later add support for compilation
options (such as choose for HID support or not etc.).

Again, thanks for the feedback !

Cheers,
Remi Gillig.

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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Remi Gillig <remigillig@gmail.com>
> To: chuck-dev@lists.cs.princeton.edu
> Cc:
> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:50:54 +0100
> Subject: [chuck-dev] ChucK GitHub
> Hello all,
>
> It's not that I don't like SVN but there are cool alternatives for
> open source projects now. So I put ChucK on GitHub, I dream that you
> would adopt this for future commits. The biggest advantage is the
> "fork + pull" mechanic where someone can fork a project, do some
> fixes, modifications, additions etc. and you can pull his changes into
> the original repository. I know changing SCM is a big change in a
> project but I had to go the mailing list archives to find the SVN URL
> and I would love to see more contributions to ChucK.
>
> Also a big change in many projects, is the change for the build
> system. For Windows, the platform I'm originally interested in, I saw
> that there were Visual 6 projects which is quite outdated. For the
> benefit of everyone, I made a preliminary CMake build file which can
> right now build ChucK on Visual Studio 2010 for example. CMake is a
> bit like make but can generate projects for a number of platforms.
>
> So, to summarize, I imported the SVN repository (revision 93) into
> GitHub at this address : https://github.com/speps/chuck
> My changes are already there, some minor fixes so that it builds on
> Windows (without HID, DirectInput support was outdated, without OTF
> server too. I did not want to be asked about Windows firewall for
> ChucK). These options should be CMake options if anyone is up for it.
>
> Anyway, I hope to hear from the developers community about a possible
> switch over to GitHub which would be great for ChucK (I had to go the
> mailing lists to realize that the latest version from the home page
> dates from around 2009).
>
> Cheers,
> Remi Gillig.
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Colin Sullivan <colinsul@gmail.com>
> To: ChucK Developer Mailing List <chuck-dev@lists.cs.princeton.edu>
> Cc:
> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 18:24:16 -0800
> Subject: Re: [chuck-dev] ChucK GitHub
> I am in support of this idea, but I think it may be a better idea to keep the "master" branch representative of the official ChucK "trunk", and keep any other commits in other branches until they are merged into ChucK "officially".
>
> Just my two cents.
> ----------
> Colin Sullivan
>
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Remi Gillig <remigillig@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> It's not that I don't like SVN but there are cool alternatives for
>> open source projects now. So I put ChucK on GitHub, I dream that you
>> would adopt this for future commits. The biggest advantage is the
>> "fork + pull" mechanic where someone can fork a project, do some
>> fixes, modifications, additions etc. and you can pull his changes into
>> the original repository. I know changing SCM is a big change in a
>> project but I had to go the mailing list archives to find the SVN URL
>> and I would love to see more contributions to ChucK.
>>
>> Also a big change in many projects, is the change for the build
>> system. For Windows, the platform I'm originally interested in, I saw
>> that there were Visual 6 projects which is quite outdated. For the
>> benefit of everyone, I made a preliminary CMake build file which can
>> right now build ChucK on Visual Studio 2010 for example. CMake is a
>> bit like make but can generate projects for a number of platforms.
>>
>> So, to summarize, I imported the SVN repository (revision 93) into
>> GitHub at this address : https://github.com/speps/chuck
>> My changes are already there, some minor fixes so that it builds on
>> Windows (without HID, DirectInput support was outdated, without OTF
>> server too. I did not want to be asked about Windows firewall for
>> ChucK). These options should be CMake options if anyone is up for it.
>>
>> Anyway, I hope to hear from the developers community about a possible
>> switch over to GitHub which would be great for ChucK (I had to go the
>> mailing lists to realize that the latest version from the home page
>> dates from around 2009).
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Remi Gillig.
>> _______________________________________________
>> chuck-dev mailing list
>> chuck-dev@lists.cs.princeton.edu
>> https://lists.cs.princeton.edu/mailman/listinfo/chuck-dev
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Stephen Sinclair <radarsat1@gmail.com>
> To: ChucK Developer Mailing List <chuck-dev@lists.cs.princeton.edu>
> Cc:
> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 22:32:21 -0500
> Subject: Re: [chuck-dev] ChucK GitHub
> I had tried doing that quite a long time ago ;)
>
> http://repo.or.cz/w/chuck-blob.git
>
> But lost interest in keeping it up to date.. I hope you have more
> luck!  Personally I think the project would benefit greatly by moving
> completely to git.
>
> Steve
>
> On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 9:24 PM, Colin Sullivan <colinsul@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I am in support of this idea, but I think it may be a better idea to keep
>> the "master" branch representative of the official ChucK "trunk", and keep
>> any other commits in other branches until they are merged into ChucK
>> "officially".
>>
>> Just my two cents.
>> ----------
>> Colin Sullivan
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Remi Gillig <remigillig@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> It's not that I don't like SVN but there are cool alternatives for
>>> open source projects now. So I put ChucK on GitHub, I dream that you
>>> would adopt this for future commits. The biggest advantage is the
>>> "fork + pull" mechanic where someone can fork a project, do some
>>> fixes, modifications, additions etc. and you can pull his changes into
>>> the original repository. I know changing SCM is a big change in a
>>> project but I had to go the mailing list archives to find the SVN URL
>>> and I would love to see more contributions to ChucK.
>>>
>>> Also a big change in many projects, is the change for the build
>>> system. For Windows, the platform I'm originally interested in, I saw
>>> that there were Visual 6 projects which is quite outdated. For the
>>> benefit of everyone, I made a preliminary CMake build file which can
>>> right now build ChucK on Visual Studio 2010 for example. CMake is a
>>> bit like make but can generate projects for a number of platforms.
>>>
>>> So, to summarize, I imported the SVN repository (revision 93) into
>>> GitHub at this address : https://github.com/speps/chuck
>>> My changes are already there, some minor fixes so that it builds on
>>> Windows (without HID, DirectInput support was outdated, without OTF
>>> server too. I did not want to be asked about Windows firewall for
>>> ChucK). These options should be CMake options if anyone is up for it.
>>>
>>> Anyway, I hope to hear from the developers community about a possible
>>> switch over to GitHub which would be great for ChucK (I had to go the
>>> mailing lists to realize that the latest version from the home page
>>> dates from around 2009).
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Remi Gillig.
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> chuck-dev mailing list
>>> chuck-dev@lists.cs.princeton.edu
>>> https://lists.cs.princeton.edu/mailman/listinfo/chuck-dev
>>
>>
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Ricardo Fabbri <rfabbri@gmail.com>
> To: ChucK Developer Mailing List <chuck-dev@lists.cs.princeton.edu>
> Cc:
> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 01:42:13 -0200
> Subject: Re: [chuck-dev] ChucK GitHub
> +1 to Git.
>
> Ricardo Fabbri
> --
> Linux registered user #175401
> www.lems.brown.edu/~rfabbri
> pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPRJ
> labmacambira.sf.net
>
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 1:32 AM, Stephen Sinclair <radarsat1@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I had tried doing that quite a long time ago ;)
>>
>> http://repo.or.cz/w/chuck-blob.git
>>
>> But lost interest in keeping it up to date.. I hope you have more
>> luck!  Personally I think the project would benefit greatly by moving
>> completely to git.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 9:24 PM, Colin Sullivan <colinsul@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I am in support of this idea, but I think it may be a better idea to keep
>>> the "master" branch representative of the official ChucK "trunk", and keep
>>> any other commits in other branches until they are merged into ChucK
>>> "officially".
>>>
>>> Just my two cents.
>>> ----------
>>> Colin Sullivan
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Remi Gillig <remigillig@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello all,
>>>>
>>>> It's not that I don't like SVN but there are cool alternatives for
>>>> open source projects now. So I put ChucK on GitHub, I dream that you
>>>> would adopt this for future commits. The biggest advantage is the
>>>> "fork + pull" mechanic where someone can fork a project, do some
>>>> fixes, modifications, additions etc. and you can pull his changes into
>>>> the original repository. I know changing SCM is a big change in a
>>>> project but I had to go the mailing list archives to find the SVN URL
>>>> and I would love to see more contributions to ChucK.
>>>>
>>>> Also a big change in many projects, is the change for the build
>>>> system. For Windows, the platform I'm originally interested in, I saw
>>>> that there were Visual 6 projects which is quite outdated. For the
>>>> benefit of everyone, I made a preliminary CMake build file which can
>>>> right now build ChucK on Visual Studio 2010 for example. CMake is a
>>>> bit like make but can generate projects for a number of platforms.
>>>>
>>>> So, to summarize, I imported the SVN repository (revision 93) into
>>>> GitHub at this address : https://github.com/speps/chuck
>>>> My changes are already there, some minor fixes so that it builds on
>>>> Windows (without HID, DirectInput support was outdated, without OTF
>>>> server too. I did not want to be asked about Windows firewall for
>>>> ChucK). These options should be CMake options if anyone is up for it.
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, I hope to hear from the developers community about a possible
>>>> switch over to GitHub which would be great for ChucK (I had to go the
>>>> mailing lists to realize that the latest version from the home page
>>>> dates from around 2009).
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Remi Gillig.
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> chuck-dev mailing list
>>>> chuck-dev@lists.cs.princeton.edu
>>>> https://lists.cs.princeton.edu/mailman/listinfo/chuck-dev
>>>
>>>
>>>
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: mike clemow <michaelclemow@gmail.com>
> To: ChucK Developer Mailing List <chuck-dev@lists.cs.princeton.edu>
> Cc:
> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 09:29:17 -0500
> Subject: Re: [chuck-dev] ChucK GitHub
> I'll throw my hat in the ring for for git.
>
> I'm wondering how many users have personal changes to the main ChucK branch...  I've dabbled in this realm before, but I'm curious what other changes people have made.
>
> //mike
>
> http://michaelclemow.com
> http://semiotech.org
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 10:42 PM, Ricardo Fabbri <rfabbri@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> +1 to Git.
>>
>> Ricardo Fabbri
>> --
>> Linux registered user #175401
>> www.lems.brown.edu/~rfabbri
>> pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPRJ
>> labmacambira.sf.net
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 1:32 AM, Stephen Sinclair <radarsat1@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I had tried doing that quite a long time ago ;)
>> >
>> > http://repo.or.cz/w/chuck-blob.git
>> >
>> > But lost interest in keeping it up to date.. I hope you have more
>> > luck!  Personally I think the project would benefit greatly by moving
>> > completely to git.
>> >
>> > Steve
>> >
>> > On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 9:24 PM, Colin Sullivan <colinsul@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> I am in support of this idea, but I think it may be a better idea to keep
>> >> the "master" branch representative of the official ChucK "trunk", and keep
>> >> any other commits in other branches until they are merged into ChucK
>> >> "officially".
>> >>
>> >> Just my two cents.
>> >> ----------
>> >> Colin Sullivan
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Remi Gillig <remigillig@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Hello all,
>> >>>
>> >>> It's not that I don't like SVN but there are cool alternatives for
>> >>> open source projects now. So I put ChucK on GitHub, I dream that you
>> >>> would adopt this for future commits. The biggest advantage is the
>> >>> "fork + pull" mechanic where someone can fork a project, do some
>> >>> fixes, modifications, additions etc. and you can pull his changes into
>> >>> the original repository. I know changing SCM is a big change in a
>> >>> project but I had to go the mailing list archives to find the SVN URL
>> >>> and I would love to see more contributions to ChucK.
>> >>>
>> >>> Also a big change in many projects, is the change for the build
>> >>> system. For Windows, the platform I'm originally interested in, I saw
>> >>> that there were Visual 6 projects which is quite outdated. For the
>> >>> benefit of everyone, I made a preliminary CMake build file which can
>> >>> right now build ChucK on Visual Studio 2010 for example. CMake is a
>> >>> bit like make but can generate projects for a number of platforms.
>> >>>
>> >>> So, to summarize, I imported the SVN repository (revision 93) into
>> >>> GitHub at this address : https://github.com/speps/chuck
>> >>> My changes are already there, some minor fixes so that it builds on
>> >>> Windows (without HID, DirectInput support was outdated, without OTF
>> >>> server too. I did not want to be asked about Windows firewall for
>> >>> ChucK). These options should be CMake options if anyone is up for it.
>> >>>
>> >>> Anyway, I hope to hear from the developers community about a possible
>> >>> switch over to GitHub which would be great for ChucK (I had to go the
>> >>> mailing lists to realize that the latest version from the home page
>> >>> dates from around 2009).
>> >>>
>> >>> Cheers,
>> >>> Remi Gillig.
>> >>> _______________________________________________
>> >>> chuck-dev mailing list
>> >>> chuck-dev@lists.cs.princeton.edu
>> >>> https://lists.cs.princeton.edu/mailman/listinfo/chuck-dev
>> >>
>> >>
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