From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?windows-1252?Q?=D3scar_Fuentes?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: New sync'd branch Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:55:14 +0200 Message-ID: <87hbvrlfal.fsf@telefonica.net> References: <878wh9qaku.fsf@sphinx.net.ru> <83praic5r5.fsf@gnu.org> <83d46gcnsb.fsf@gnu.org> <87ocq0l2hw.fsf@iki.fi> <83ab1kcmi5.fsf@gnu.org> <877hwom4og.fsf@telefonica.net> <878wh47z7z.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87y6p3luq3.fsf@telefonica.net> <87eiqv7mxm.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87prafliq3.fsf@telefonica.net> <87zl9jk2cu.fsf@catnip.gol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1251500174 5101 80.91.229.12 (28 Aug 2009 22:56:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:56:14 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 29 00:56:07 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MhAMX-00059I-Ns for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:56:06 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52561 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MhAMX-0004A5-0N for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:56:05 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MhAMD-000454-HU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:55:45 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MhAM7-00042i-Rz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:55:44 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=50351 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MhAM7-00042f-J9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:55:39 -0400 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:48060) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MhAM6-0002wl-V8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:55:39 -0400 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1MhAM5-00051K-4j for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:55:37 +0200 Original-Received: from 96.red-83-52-52.dynamicip.rima-tde.net ([83.52.52.96]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:55:37 +0200 Original-Received: from ofv by 96.red-83-52-52.dynamicip.rima-tde.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:55:37 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 34 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 96.red-83-52-52.dynamicip.rima-tde.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:JmdZAM/i4SlvsEn452P1qlKiQbE= X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:114797 Archived-At: Miles Bader writes: > Óscar Fuentes writes: >>> It saves you hours elsewhere. >> >> Compared against the other DVCS's? Not on my experience. git's speed >> advantage is not *that* large. > > It's very, _very_ fast. Yeah, as if showing a diff or a log in 0.1 seconds instead of 1 second were a definitive advantage. Slowness is a reason for rejecting a tool, but being blazingly fast is not a compelling reason for choosing it. > It's also far more powerful than most, and > offers a very flexible and intuitive paradigm (when many other systems > are still lamely attempting to follow the creaky old models). I like git's approach wrt branches, yes. > Anyway, it's pretty clear that many, many, very smart people really like > git, _despite_ the strong competition. Why do you think that is? > > [Hint: your silly claim that it's all because of "linux worship" are > just clueless flamebait.] First you say that very smart people is choosing git as an evidence of its superiority, and then dismiss as flamebait my assertion that Torvarlds' authorship is one of the main reasons for git's popularity. -- Óscar