From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jay Belanger Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Prefer Mercurial instead of git Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2014 21:13:04 -0600 Message-ID: <878uuv6rzz.fsf@gmail.com> References: <1388785952.11337.16.camel@Iris> <3166302.gI3LmCZv1L@descartes> <1388853707.11337.27.camel@Iris> <87zjnby4nu.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> Reply-To: jay.p.belanger@gmail.com NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1388891622 17714 80.91.229.3 (5 Jan 2014 03:13:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2014 03:13:42 +0000 (UTC) Cc: jay.p.belanger@gmail.com To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jan 05 04:13:49 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Vze9s-0003ed-FB for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 05 Jan 2014 04:13:48 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56501 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vze9r-0002QS-Us for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 04 Jan 2014 22:13:47 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43069) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vze9j-0002QA-QR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 04 Jan 2014 22:13:45 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vze9e-00044Z-8u for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 04 Jan 2014 22:13:39 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-oa0-x22f.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4003:c02::22f]:57676) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vze9e-00044V-39 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 04 Jan 2014 22:13:34 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-oa0-f47.google.com with SMTP id k1so17505453oag.20 for ; Sat, 04 Jan 2014 19:13:33 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:to:subject:references:reply-to:cc:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=rKb97re3V9v+Ny09dq4u7L2aEYN2D0yRAvbAxqZq2i8=; b=GzDAPalRra5+grAtEPepweQ0Fdpco+ILiIkE7bc22lZzhtKJyD7MJGmeLbmckbF5jp mSjsSu4StMBz1pRFo9ite4t2wh2fBauKvVqGAU6XHL3t6msFUP5aB1mYgHgdN0QonCpv cEFovXTBqz3NFE4hisuVe3PJ+PzuDAVPe4+fq5QN2gXV0Mtzi6Gzrwb3pDwfkfepKC08 PHnLzLJO4M/Hfl4qZ+ff3YObAcSFsNT177WWB1B0nB/2kFKpXxptFlmFmQa3oLQ9Vy+6 NI/UIKtUE4Dy14WDbssuQdh7szXNee8Sacwl4h4agWrOsXMNnAppdzkmRZGeRx6EZ7qQ ETbQ== X-Received: by 10.182.166.40 with SMTP id zd8mr65140089obb.25.1388891612998; Sat, 04 Jan 2014 19:13:32 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from belanger-home (184-155-87-143.cpe.cableone.net. [184.155.87.143]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id n3sm92648589oep.2.2014.01.04.19.13.31 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sat, 04 Jan 2014 19:13:32 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87zjnby4nu.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (David Kastrup's message of "Sat, 04 Jan 2014 19:37:25 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4003:c02::22f X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:167342 Archived-At: > For reference, Jordi's blog: ... < ... > and we must face the fact that I irredeemably hate git. To prove > this, let these facts be submitted to a candid world. You left off the facts being submitted, at least one of which (poor documentation) is a big topic of conversation in the various emacs-devel threads. > I don't see that we have much to gain from indulging in his mission of > hate here. He has (in his blog) stated several reasons why he doesn't like git. I would think that hating a tool is a pretty good reason to speak out against it, particularly if the speaker can provide a rationale to use another tool.