From: "Stefan Monnier" <monnier+gnu/emacs@rum.cs.yale.edu>
Cc: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [Fwd: [arch-users] Re: Gud lord!]
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 10:37:59 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200306101437.h5AEbxHI032125@rum.cs.yale.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20030610160057.9115.JMBARRANQUERO@laley.wke.es
> > Arch has an appealingly tool-oriented approach, and uses
> > `understandable' data representations, unlike subversion which seems to be
> > more of a `big binary blob' design...
>
> I'm not arguing for or against any such tool now, but the "big binary
> blob" is not a problem per se, if well documented.
It is a problem because you can't look inside with the usual tools,
so you end up locked with a specific set of tools and you have to
use them to get anything done. And when there's a bug, it can end
up pretty disastrous (basically, the big-binary-blob implements
something like a file-system, so a bug is like a bug in your kernel
that can trash your entire file system).
It's not unbearable, but saying that "Subversion is just a better CVS"
is just silly. The implementation of Subversion is far more radical than
the one of OpenCM, Arch, and Meta-CVS (which is why it's taking so long,
BTW, especially compared to single-man efforts such as Arch or
Meta-CVS).
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-06-10 14:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-06-08 1:09 [Fwd: [arch-users] Re: Gud lord!] Robert Anderson
2003-06-08 3:05 ` Alan Shutko
2003-06-08 5:01 ` Robert Anderson
2003-06-08 15:54 ` Stefan Monnier
2003-06-08 17:26 ` Robert Anderson
2003-06-09 8:23 ` Juanma Barranquero
2003-06-09 14:37 ` Robert Anderson
2003-06-09 15:00 ` Juanma Barranquero
2003-06-09 15:20 ` Miles Bader
2003-06-09 19:21 ` Jonathan Walther
2003-06-09 19:58 ` Stefan Monnier
[not found] ` <20030609214121.77EE.LEKTU@terra.es>
2003-06-09 20:11 ` Jonathan Walther
2003-06-10 7:14 ` Juanma Barranquero
2003-06-10 12:59 ` Miles Bader
2003-06-10 14:05 ` Juanma Barranquero
2003-06-10 14:37 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2003-06-10 14:55 ` Juanma Barranquero
2003-06-10 15:03 ` Stefan Monnier
2003-06-11 6:59 ` Juanma Barranquero
2003-06-11 14:11 ` Stefan Monnier
2003-06-11 14:40 ` Juanma Barranquero
2003-06-10 20:16 ` Miles Bader
2003-06-11 7:10 ` Juanma Barranquero
2003-06-10 14:54 ` Robert Anderson
2003-06-11 0:25 ` Richard Stallman
2003-06-11 7:19 ` Juanma Barranquero
2003-06-11 9:54 ` Jonathan Walther
2003-06-10 1:22 ` Robert Anderson
2003-06-10 6:53 ` Juanma Barranquero
2003-06-10 14:16 ` Robert Anderson
2003-06-08 15:51 ` Stefan Monnier
2003-06-09 1:18 ` Jonathan Walther
2003-06-09 1:47 ` Alan Shutko
2003-06-09 2:03 ` Jonathan Walther
2003-06-09 14:53 ` Robert Anderson
2003-06-09 15:20 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-06-10 0:35 ` Alex Schroeder
2003-06-10 6:12 ` Kai Großjohann
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