From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Switching to Subversion Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 08:29:35 +0900 Message-ID: <874pt44528.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <87mz6y8y3j.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <87bqne87ur.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <10609.1163264429@olgas.newt.com> <87fycphhyr.fsf@pacem.orebokech.com> <87odrdzci9.fsf@olgas.newt.com> <85bqncxszg.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87fyco473y.fsf@catnip.gol.com> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1163374203 27739 80.91.229.2 (12 Nov 2006 23:30:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 23:30:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 13 00:29:58 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GjOlt-0006uf-P5 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 00:29:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GjOlt-0000fy-3U for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 12 Nov 2006 18:29:53 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GjOli-0000fT-FA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Nov 2006 18:29:42 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GjOlg-0000fF-LO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Nov 2006 18:29:41 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GjOlg-0000fC-Fp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Nov 2006 18:29:40 -0500 Original-Received: from [203.216.5.72] (helo=smtp02.dentaku.gol.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1GjOlf-0002yP-6c; Sun, 12 Nov 2006 18:29:39 -0500 Original-Received: from 203-216-104-224.dsl.gol.ne.jp ([203.216.104.224] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp02.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1GjOlb-0004rr-Rx; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 08:29:35 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 6FA412F43; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 08:29:35 +0900 (JST) Original-To: "Juanma Barranquero" System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: (Juanma Barranquero's message of "Mon\, 13 Nov 2006 00\:17\:47 +0100") Original-Lines: 18 X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:62153 Archived-At: "Juanma Barranquero" writes: > Does it run on Windows? Does anyone care? :-/ Less flippantly: almost certainly, using cygwin. Which seems good enough to me. Given the large amount of momentum git has behind it, I suppose the "native windows issue" is something that will be addressed eventually, but it's not tremendously pressing for free software developers -- installing cygwin is a no-brainer really. Re: your other comments, see my reply to Sascha, and read Keithp's essay. -Miles -- `Life is a boundless sea of bitterness'