From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: VC mode and git Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2015 12:15:58 -0400 Message-ID: References: <83y4mmpb1n.fsf@gnu.org> <20150324173536.GA30608@thyrsus.com> <83twxap92g.fsf@gnu.org> <20150324181936.GA31705@thyrsus.com> <20150325164718.GB24458@thyrsus.com> <20150326112356.GA10502@thyrsus.com> <87sicrj669.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <20150327123013.GA3141@acm.fritz.box> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Utf-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1427559392 14653 80.91.229.3 (28 Mar 2015 16:16:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2015 16:16:32 +0000 (UTC) Cc: esr@thyrsus.com, stephen@xemacs.org, eliz@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Alan Mackenzie Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Mar 28 17:16:18 2015 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 1YbtP9-00053v-Rh for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 28 Mar 2015 17:16:11 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54612 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YbtP9-0006Bt-2d for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 28 Mar 2015 12:16:11 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45383) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YbtP2-00065y-B3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Mar 2015 12:16:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YbtOy-0002GO-R0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Mar 2015 12:16:04 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:43937) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YbtOy-0002GF-GX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Mar 2015 12:16:00 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YbtOw-0001JE-LB; Sat, 28 Mar 2015 12:15:58 -0400 In-reply-to: <20150327123013.GA3141@acm.fritz.box> (message from Alan Mackenzie on Fri, 27 Mar 2015 12:30:13 +0000) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e 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:184462 Archived-At: [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > Flexibility means complexity. Complexity, without a good reason, is > bad. git's complexity is IMAO very bad in this sense. That this > complexity is not needed in a useful VCS is proved by the counterexample > of Mercurial. Furthermore, flexibility and complexity do not necessarily impose a fixed price in the form of pitfalls. With good design, more flexibility (and complexity) can be available to those who want it without causing trouble for those that don't. -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation 51 Franklin St Boston MA 02110 USA www.fsf.org www.gnu.org Skype: No way! See stallman.org/skype.html.