From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel,gmane.comp.version-control.bazaar-ng.general Subject: Re: Emacs repository benchmark: bzr and git Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:58:27 +0100 Message-ID: <85iqz5rgvw.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: <200803290100.m2T10Mgm007655@localhost.localdomain> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1206784733 9906 80.91.229.12 (29 Mar 2008 09:58:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 09:58:53 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Xavier Maillard , tlikonen@iki.fi, lennart.borgman@gmail.com, bazaar@lists.canonical.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Andreas Schwab Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Mar 29 10:59:23 2008 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 1JfXqK-0005J6-Fa for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:59:20 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JfXpi-00030K-SE for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 29 Mar 2008 05:58:42 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JfXpe-0002xL-2T for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Mar 2008 05:58:38 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JfXpd-0002wR-G9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Mar 2008 05:58:37 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JfXpd-0002wB-77 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Mar 2008 05:58:37 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-in-16.arcor-online.net ([151.189.21.56]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JfXpZ-0001J9-6F; Sat, 29 Mar 2008 05:58:33 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-in-20-z2.arcor-online.net (mail-in-20-z2.arcor-online.net [151.189.8.85]) by mail-in-16.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 524FD1F730D; Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:58:31 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from mail-in-05.arcor-online.net (mail-in-05.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.45]) by mail-in-20-z2.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FBDD10786B; Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:58:31 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from lola.goethe.zz (dslb-084-061-014-217.pools.arcor-ip.net [84.61.14.217]) by mail-in-05.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E11BE1C36A9; Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:58:30 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1002) id B21311C4CE00; Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:58:27 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: (Andreas Schwab's message of "Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:19:30 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.92.1/6457/Sat Mar 29 00:56:30 2008 on mail-in-05.arcor-online.net X-Virus-Status: Clean X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.4-2.6 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:93770 gmane.comp.version-control.bazaar-ng.general:39501 Archived-At: Andreas Schwab writes: > Xavier Maillard writes: > >> I personally do not see a single mail which can tilt the scale >> in favor of bzr except it is part of GNU project. >> >> The "except it is part of GNU project" is the _main_ reason. > > When an arbitrary political decision wipes away all technical arguments > it is not helping free software in any way. Uh, an arbitrary political decision wiping away all technical arguments is what started free software in the first place. The question is not whether the decision is political or technical. The free software movement is, after all, a political one. The question is whether it is the right political decision. I am not convinced of that. But your argument is putting the cart before the horse. We should let ourselves be directed by our goals, not by letting gravity take its course at the place where we already are. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum