From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juanma Barranquero Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [Fwd: [arch-users] Re: Gud lord!] Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 16:05:17 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <20030610160057.9115.JMBARRANQUERO@laley.wke.es> References: <20030610090750.9112.JMBARRANQUERO@laley.wke.es> <20030610125929.GA15864@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1055254062 15521 80.91.224.249 (10 Jun 2003 14:07:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 14:07:42 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 10 16:07:38 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19Pjmk-00041v-00 for ; Tue, 10 Jun 2003 16:07:38 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 19Pk7H-0004J4-00 for ; Tue, 10 Jun 2003 16:28:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19PjnS-0004Z4-Ne for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Tue, 10 Jun 2003 10:08:22 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19PjkV-0003DF-Pm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Jun 2003 10:05:19 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19Pjk3-00030C-PE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Jun 2003 10:04:52 -0400 Original-Received: from laley-actualidad.es ([195.53.61.17] helo=haya.laley.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19Pjjc-0002r1-Mh; Tue, 10 Jun 2003 10:04:24 -0400 Original-Received: from idefix.laley.net (correo.wke.es [172.17.220.16]) by haya.laley.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA08373; Tue, 10 Jun 2003 16:02:10 +0200 Original-Received: from [172.17.221.23] (jsredondo.wk.org [172.17.221.23]) by Version 5.5.2655.55) id LP7A4L04; Tue, 10 Jun 2003 16:06:07 +0200 Original-To: Miles Bader In-Reply-To: <20030610125929.GA15864@gnu.org> X-Mailer: Becky! ver. 2.06.02 Original-cc: Jonathan Walther X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:14993 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:14993 On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 08:59:29 -0400 Miles Bader wrote: > 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. > I did find an interesting thread on arch on the OpenBSD mailing list, BTW, > where Tom Lord does a pretty good job of answering some skeptical questions; > a google search should turn it up... There was a long thread about arch on the GCC list months ago, and Tom Lord did talk at length about arch's strengths and weaknesses. Juanma