From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: PROPOSAL: Move to git, now that bzr is no longer a req. Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2014 09:54:39 -0500 Message-ID: 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 1388760915 25588 80.91.229.3 (3 Jan 2014 14:55:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2014 14:55:15 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Karl Fogel , Juanma Barranquero , Eli Zaretskii , Joakim Verona , Emacs developers To: Bastien Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 03 15:55:21 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 1Vz69Z-00065V-F3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 03 Jan 2014 15:55:13 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50201 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vz69Z-0004Pc-5D for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 03 Jan 2014 09:55:13 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54354) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vz69P-0004Do-9N for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Jan 2014 09:55:10 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vz69H-0002tR-Vh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Jan 2014 09:55:03 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.181]:26966) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vz692-0002qZ-Gh; Fri, 03 Jan 2014 09:54:40 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av4EABK/CFFsr+l6/2dsb2JhbABEvw4Xc4IeAQEEAVYjBQsLNBIUGA0kiB4GwS2RCgOIYZwZgV6DFQ X-IPAS-Result: Av4EABK/CFFsr+l6/2dsb2JhbABEvw4Xc4IeAQEEAVYjBQsLNBIUGA0kiB4GwS2RCgOIYZwZgV6DFQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.84,565,1355115600"; d="scan'208";a="43853307" Original-Received: from 108-175-233-122.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([108.175.233.122]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 03 Jan 2014 09:54:39 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 46BAD60136; Fri, 3 Jan 2014 09:54:39 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <87wqihdxsw.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> (Bastien's message of "Fri, 03 Jan 2014 14:01:19 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 206.248.154.181 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:167172 Archived-At: > Maybe Eli if you could suggest an alternative to bzr > (that is not Git, which you hate) people would be open > to your suggestions? That would be pointless. As it stands currently, it's either Bzr or Git. The arguments in favor of Git aren't technical but social and I can't see any other VCS where similar social pressure applies. >From where I stand, it seems pretty clear that Emacs will switch to Git, the only remaining question is when. Stefan