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From: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
To: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>
Cc: "Óscar Fuentes" <ofv@wanadoo.es>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Git mirrors
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:39:05 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87zkh8e286.fsf@catnip.gol.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAAeL0SSO3iyb_MOJcouzVRXV-MLWcarq0V_+zwQ-kgwe-q+Z5Q@mail.gmail.com> (Juanma Barranquero's message of "Tue, 11 Oct 2011 02:35:30 +0200")

Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com> writes:
>> promoting a technically inferior package (i.e. bzr)
>
> git's supposed technical advantage over bzr is a matter of discussion.

Perhaps, but that's not actually so important.  It's clear that git is
technically very good, that it's seen much wider adoption than any of
its competitors, and that it has the bulk of the mindshare in the
"distributed source control" arena.

Given this situation, a competing system is going to have a very hard
time gaining any ground (and will probably slowly lose ground) unless
it's _significantly_ better than git -- and so far, competing systems
(bzr, hg, etc) are at best roughly on par.

[Doesn't mean it won't happen of course, just that the odds are a bit
long.]

> What cannot be denied, however, is that git has a *lot* more fanboys.

Tsk, tsk, now _that's_ flamebait... 

[... and in fact, the opposite is probably true.  Every system starts
out being used by a core of enthusiasts, but git's much farther
towards being over that hump than competing systems like bzr or hg.
Although git's still strongest amongst "technical types", it's seen
huge adoption in many sectors (including stodgy corporate types etc).
Bzr by comparison is still pretty much a niche system kept alive by
the faithful.]

-miles

-- 
Infancy, n. The period of our lives when, according to Wordsworth, 'Heaven
lies about us.' The world begins lying about us pretty soon afterward.



  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-10-11  1:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 223+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-10-06 20:50 Git mirrors Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-10-06 20:58 ` Glenn Morris
2011-10-06 21:16   ` chad
2011-10-06 21:58     ` John Wiegley
2011-10-06 22:05     ` David Reitter
2011-10-07  0:06       ` Glenn Morris
2011-10-07  9:26         ` Julien Danjou
2011-10-09  6:19       ` Tim Cross
2011-10-07 18:43     ` Burton Samograd
2011-10-07 19:15       ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-10-07 19:31         ` Burton Samograd
2011-10-06 22:30   ` Óscar Fuentes
2011-10-06 22:39     ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-10-06 23:11     ` Juanma Barranquero
2011-10-06 23:50       ` Óscar Fuentes
2011-10-07  0:05         ` Glenn Morris
2011-10-07  0:13 ` Glenn Morris
2011-10-07  0:45   ` John Wiegley
2011-10-07  1:38     ` Stefan Monnier
2011-10-07 15:35       ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-10-07 16:37         ` Glenn Morris
2011-10-07 18:23           ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-10-08  8:50           ` Richard Stallman
2011-10-10 22:02             ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-10-10 22:52               ` Óscar Fuentes
2011-10-11  0:35                 ` Juanma Barranquero
2011-10-11  1:12                   ` Óscar Fuentes
2011-10-11  1:38                     ` Juanma Barranquero
2011-10-11  1:39                   ` Miles Bader [this message]
2011-10-11  1:42                     ` Juanma Barranquero
2011-10-11  2:12                       ` Óscar Fuentes
2011-10-11  2:23                         ` Juanma Barranquero
2011-10-11  3:07                           ` Óscar Fuentes
2011-10-11  3:25                             ` Juanma Barranquero
2011-10-11  3:45                               ` Óscar Fuentes
2011-10-11  4:22                                 ` Juanma Barranquero
2011-10-11  7:17                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-10-11  8:14                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-10-11 13:19                             ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-10-11 14:48                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-10-11  9:33                           ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-10-11 11:33                             ` Juanma Barranquero
2011-10-12  4:31                               ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-10-12  9:18                                 ` Juanma Barranquero
2011-10-12 13:31                                   ` Óscar Fuentes
2011-10-12 14:47                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-10-12 15:12                                       ` Richard Riley
2011-10-12 15:29                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-10-12 15:23                                       ` Óscar Fuentes
2011-10-12 15:43                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-10-12 16:02                                         ` Jambunathan K
2011-10-12 15:32                                     ` Vijay Lakshminarayanan
2011-10-12 16:09                                       ` Óscar Fuentes
2011-10-12 17:19                                         ` Vijay Lakshminarayanan
2011-10-12 18:21                                           ` Helmut Eller
2011-10-12 18:30                                             ` Jambunathan K
2011-10-12 19:25                                               ` Helmut Eller
2011-10-13 12:35                                             ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-10-12 19:54                                           ` Giuseppe Scrivano
2011-10-12 20:12                                             ` Burton Samograd
2011-10-13  3:21                                               ` Vijay Lakshminarayanan
2011-10-13  4:06                                               ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-10-13 14:08                                                 ` Burton Samograd
2011-10-13 16:38                                                   ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-10-13 14:00                                           ` Richard Stallman
2011-10-13 22:13                                     ` Richard Stallman
2011-10-13 23:26                                       ` Óscar Fuentes
2011-10-14  1:01                                         ` Juanma Barranquero
2011-10-14  2:39                                           ` Óscar Fuentes
2011-10-14  3:13                                             ` Juanma Barranquero
2011-10-14  5:22                                               ` Jambunathan K
2011-10-14 12:32                                                 ` Jambunathan K
2011-10-14  4:12                                           ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-10-14  9:09                                             ` Juanma Barranquero
2011-10-14  9:28                                               ` Miles Bader
2011-10-14 11:35                                                 ` Juanma Barranquero
2011-10-14 17:19                                               ` Andreas Schwab
2011-10-17  7:19                                               ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-10-17  8:25                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-10-17  8:31                                                   ` Andreas Schwab
2011-10-17  9:04                                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-10-17 12:09                                                       ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-10-17 12:36                                                       ` Óscar Fuentes
2011-10-17 14:12                                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-10-17 14:44                                                         ` John Yates
2011-10-17 11:57                                                   ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-10-17 13:55                                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-10-17 15:45                                                       ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-10-17 14:10                                                     ` Looming colocation [Was: Git mirrors] Alan Mackenzie
2011-10-17 16:59                                                       ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-10-17 19:04                                                         ` Barry Warsaw
2011-10-17 18:49                                                     ` Looms and Pipelines (was Re: Git mirrors) Barry Warsaw
2011-10-14  4:50                                           ` Git mirrors Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-10-14  9:27                                             ` Juanma Barranquero
2011-10-14 12:29                                               ` Bastien
2011-10-14 13:08                                                 ` Juanma Barranquero
2011-10-14 14:00                                                   ` Bastien
2011-10-14 17:31                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-11-29 15:29                                                   ` Bastien
2011-10-17  9:44                                               ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-10-17 16:41                                                 ` Vijay Lakshminarayanan
2011-10-17 18:39                                                   ` Óscar Fuentes
2011-10-17 18:52                                                     ` Juanma Barranquero
2011-10-17 19:23                                                       ` Stefan Monnier
2011-10-18 10:56                                                         ` Richard Stallman
2011-10-18  3:39                                                     ` Vijay Lakshminarayanan
2011-10-18  2:46                                                   ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-10-18  5:13                                                     ` Jambunathan K
2011-10-18 10:56                                                     ` Richard Stallman
2011-10-14 21:41                                         ` Richard Stallman
2011-10-17 11:25                                           ` Michael Raitza
2011-10-13  4:55                                 ` Miles Bader
2011-10-13  8:49                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-10-11 11:49                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-10-12  4:55                               ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-10-12  8:35                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-10-12 10:51                                   ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-10-12 10:54                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-10-12 14:01                                   ` Óscar Fuentes
2011-10-12 14:42                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-10-12 21:54                                 ` Richard Stallman
2011-10-11 12:56                           ` Óscar Fuentes
2011-10-11 15:02                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-10-11 19:34                               ` Óscar Fuentes
2011-10-11 22:03                                 ` Richard Stallman
2011-10-13  5:10                             ` Miles Bader
2011-10-11 12:34                 ` Richard Stallman
2011-10-11 16:39                   ` What about Python? (was: Git mirrors) Barry Fishman
2011-10-11 22:03                     ` Richard Stallman
2011-10-11  4:08               ` Git mirrors Eli Zaretskii
2011-10-11 13:39                 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-10-11 13:48                   ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-10-11 15:35                     ` Stefan Monnier
2011-10-11 20:13                       ` John Wiegley
2011-10-11 21:39                         ` Óscar Fuentes
2011-10-12  0:32                           ` John Wiegley
2011-10-12  1:07                             ` Stefan Monnier
2011-10-12  2:51                               ` John Wiegley
2011-10-12  9:23                                 ` Andreas Schwab
2011-10-12 14:12                                   ` Dave Abrahams
2011-10-12 18:56                                   ` John Wiegley
2011-10-12 19:24                                     ` Andreas Schwab
2011-10-12  1:16                             ` Óscar Fuentes
2011-10-12  1:34                               ` Óscar Fuentes
2011-10-12 21:54                               ` Richard Stallman
2011-10-12 22:18                                 ` John Wiegley
2011-10-12 22:48                                   ` Karl Fogel
2011-10-13  5:09                                     ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-10-13  8:23                                       ` Bastien
2011-10-13 22:13                                         ` Richard Stallman
2011-10-14 11:55                                           ` Bastien
2011-10-13 13:41                                       ` Vijay Lakshminarayanan
2011-10-13 16:16                                         ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-10-14  1:03                                           ` Vijay Lakshminarayanan
2011-10-14 13:40                                           ` Richard Stallman
2011-10-13 22:13                                         ` Richard Stallman
2011-10-14  3:14                                       ` Barry Warsaw
2011-10-14  5:40                                         ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-10-13 12:46                                 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-10-13  0:08                               ` John Wiegley
2011-10-13 15:39                                 ` Andreas Schwab
2011-10-13 16:39                                   ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-10-13 17:37                                     ` Andreas Schwab
2011-10-13 16:21                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-10-13 17:35                                   ` Andreas Schwab
2011-10-12 14:46                             ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-10-12 18:57                               ` John Wiegley
2011-10-12 20:44                                 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-10-11 22:09                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-10-11 23:33                         ` James Cloos
2011-10-11 23:37                           ` John Wiegley
2011-10-12  8:45                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-10-12 18:58                               ` John Wiegley
2011-10-12 20:14                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-10-12 20:32                                   ` John Wiegley
2011-10-12 20:56                                     ` Óscar Fuentes
2011-10-12 21:03                                       ` John Wiegley
2011-10-12 21:15                                         ` Óscar Fuentes
2011-10-12 20:50                                 ` Andreas Schwab
2011-10-12 20:56                                   ` John Wiegley
2011-10-12 21:05                                     ` Andreas Schwab
2011-10-12 21:09                                       ` John Wiegley
2011-10-12 21:14                                         ` Andreas Schwab
2011-10-12 21:37                                         ` Óscar Fuentes
2011-10-12 22:01                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-10-12 22:35                                             ` John Wiegley
2011-10-12 23:06                                               ` Óscar Fuentes
2011-10-12 23:16                                                 ` John Wiegley
2011-10-12 23:37                                                   ` Óscar Fuentes
2011-10-12 23:57                                                     ` John Wiegley
2011-10-13  0:10                                                       ` Óscar Fuentes
2011-10-13  0:14                                                         ` John Wiegley
2011-10-13  0:24                                                           ` Óscar Fuentes
2011-10-13  9:01                                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-10-13  8:02                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-10-12 22:05                                           ` Óscar Fuentes
2011-10-11 18:58                     ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-10-11  9:00               ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-10-11 22:02               ` Richard Stallman
2011-10-12  1:44                 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-10-08  9:26           ` Richard Riley
2011-10-08  9:52             ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-10-07  4:58     ` Thierry Volpiatto
2011-10-07  7:45       ` John Wiegley
2011-10-07  8:15         ` Thierry Volpiatto
2011-10-07  8:25           ` John Wiegley
2011-10-07 13:33             ` Thierry Volpiatto
2011-10-07 16:47             ` James Cloos
2011-10-07 20:40               ` John Wiegley
2011-10-07 17:36             ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-10-07  8:26           ` Andreas Schwab
2011-10-07  9:06             ` John Wiegley
2011-10-07 10:36               ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-10-07 13:19             ` Thierry Volpiatto
2011-10-07  7:04     ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-10-07  7:36       ` John Wiegley
2011-10-07  8:00         ` Andreas Schwab
2011-10-07  8:13           ` John Wiegley
2011-10-07  9:02           ` John Wiegley
2011-10-07 10:14             ` Paul Michael Reilly
2011-10-07 17:39         ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-10-07  0:49 ` Leo
2011-10-12 10:05   ` Bastien

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