From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Engster Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: PROPOSAL: Move to git, now that bzr is no longer a req. Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2014 14:46:56 +0100 Message-ID: <87ha9ltbxr.fsf@engster.org> References: <20140102095347.6834E381D0C@snark.thyrsus.com> <87fvp6bdd9.fsf_-_@ktab.red-bean.com> <83wqiixqbb.fsf@gnu.org> <83ob3uxfr2.fsf@gnu.org> <87wqihdxsw.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1388756850 10855 80.91.229.3 (3 Jan 2014 13:47:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2014 13:47:30 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Juanma Barranquero , Joakim Verona , Emacs developers , Karl Fogel , Stefan Monnier , Eli Zaretskii To: Bastien Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 03 14:47:36 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 1Vz563-0001ac-QK for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 03 Jan 2014 14:47:31 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49984 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vz563-0006ma-FX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 03 Jan 2014 08:47:31 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37873) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vz55w-0006mU-Ar for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Jan 2014 08:47:30 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vz55o-0007Ie-6E for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Jan 2014 08:47:24 -0500 Original-Received: from randomsample.de ([5.45.97.173]:51114) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vz55n-0007Bh-Sl; Fri, 03 Jan 2014 08:47:16 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=randomsample.de; s=a; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:Date:References:In-Reply-To:Subject:Cc:To:From; bh=8SHn8rc+rbi1oEUD9vAP2zx2HztMj641b4EcrenPg3U=; b=biNSezIssZVNUHkD3IlIVleCN+ej4vchD8TI9YtKBA1YgV1KRBMhFoNEN8AopTynPmKVYyV04anbTKOZ8FEyGVZUYdzbBUVBwrRHAwi7wK2IXg2yUqQ6qNzw5JXPTju+; Original-Received: from dslc-082-083-037-010.pools.arcor-ip.net ([82.83.37.10] helo=spaten) by randomsample.de with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Vz55b-00063V-7h; Fri, 03 Jan 2014 14:47:03 +0100 In-Reply-To: <87wqihdxsw.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> (Bastien's message of "Fri, 03 Jan 2014 14:01:19 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.130008 (Ma Gnus v0.8) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) Mail-Followup-To: Bastien , Juanma Barranquero , Karl Fogel , Eli Zaretskii , Stefan Monnier , Joakim Verona , Emacs developers X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 5.45.97.173 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:167156 Archived-At: Bastien writes: > It seems to me that this thread is taking a wrong path: > it started as "please use Git" and continues as "please > keep Eli." It's exactly the right path. There's a real danger of reducing the productivity of one of the most important core developers. > I for one would be open to using another dVCS as long > as it makes current contributors happier and allows to > get more contributions. I predict there won't be a significant increase in new contributions. The real hurdles to participate in Emacs development lie elsewhere. -David