On Oct 23, 2007, at 12:51 PM, Tim Blechmann wrote:
On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 11:56 -0400, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
A distributed repository sounds interesting, but given Linus Torvald's love of KDE, constant dissing of usability, and the fact that git has 119 commands, this gives me pause.
in order to evaluate git, one should maybe give it a try ...
Sounds like software designed for someone with an encyclopedic memory. I really only use 8 commands in CVS (update, commit, checkout, add, remove, tag, diff, import).
do you remember all the cvs command options?
There are very many SCM systems out there, there are even many distributed SCM systems out there. My experience is that Linus is super focused on issues that affect him and pretty much totally ignores other issues that don't affect him. Also, he approaches things with arrogance. So chances are, that effects the software he writes. I am sure git works well for Linux, but Pd is a very different community. My guess is that git is a good tool for people who are immersed in C all day, everyday. That describes none of the Pd developers.
First, I think we need to narrow the options, then evaluate. I want to write code, not play with SCM systems. That said, I do think that a distributed system sounds very appealing, what I don't quite understand is how the "main" repository works. Tom Schouten made darcs sound quite appealing, I am sure Claude likes it, since it's written in Haskell ;)
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tim
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