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Great work, James. I think I'll fork this code and give it look-see. I manage the dissertation/thesis template for my department on github. The assembly and di
by hootener 13y ago
Great work, James. I think I'll fork this code and give it look-see.
I manage the dissertation/thesis template for my department on github. The assembly and dissemination of this template is a purely student-run effort. Typically the task of managing it gets passed to a new student when the previous manager graduates.
The problem I've found with managing it this way is that I'll invariably get a slew of emails from students throughout the semester wanting me to troubleshoot their LaTeX installs to make the template work. 99% of the time the problem is on their end, 1% of the time it results in something that actually improves the template somehow. It would be awesome if I could just point them to your service where a hosted (and guaranteed to work) version of the template resides.
Can I just shoot you a github link[1] to get it incorporated or is there some other process I should go through? (e.g., would you prefer me to send you a zip? I figure what's the point since it's already on github, but if you prefer that approach I can get you a zip)
[1] https://github.com/hootener/LaTeX-Vanderbilt-Dissertation-Format https://github.com/hootener/LaTeX-Vanderbilt-Dissertation-Fo...
- jpallen 13y agoI've put this on our template todo list, thanks!
- thearn4 13y ago> The assembly and dissemination of this template is a purely student-run effort. Typically the task of managing it gets passed to a new student when the previous manager graduates. This was the unwritten ritual at my department when I was in graduate school too. But no one there really used VCS. Who knows how long that thing had been passed around and tweaked.
- hootener 13y agoIt's extremely rare to get a student to fork and make pull requests to this template on github, even more version control savvy CS students. Of all the students I've had email me with problems, a vast majority just grab the repo as a zip and never contribute back. Bummer.