From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bastien Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: PROPOSAL: Move to git, now that bzr is no longer a req. Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2014 15:24:32 +0100 Message-ID: <874n5lxhwf.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> 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> <83y52xw4bh.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1388759094 4846 80.91.229.3 (3 Jan 2014 14:24:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2014 14:24:54 +0000 (UTC) Cc: kfogel@red-bean.com, lekktu@gmail.com, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, joakim@verona.se, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 03 15:24:59 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 1Vz5gH-0007vN-5v for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 03 Jan 2014 15:24:57 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50113 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vz5gG-0000yZ-Nr for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 03 Jan 2014 09:24:56 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47248) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vz5g8-0000tb-M7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Jan 2014 09:24:54 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vz5g3-0001UI-B6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Jan 2014 09:24:48 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-wg0-x233.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c00::233]:40625) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vz5fx-0001TA-DZ; Fri, 03 Jan 2014 09:24:37 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-wg0-f51.google.com with SMTP id b13so13322251wgh.6 for ; Fri, 03 Jan 2014 06:24:36 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=sender:from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:references:user-agent:date :message-id:mime-version:content-type; bh=DKtuWiwmWAS0VLwMAoB1Y0WUHnMT0Dak+XISXpOgvds=; b=R+b7/O2VnMEkDKhbRPaofDojDIYw6XRHDAuI+hmoCuq1a4sUtbKkItkKljpa4LKbS4 xcLefcBWkFnDHpiRCh2EN4SSeZpgAow35KaL7tBEoGSjQb5JZut3HwBYQ094jG08RC1M bJVpb4Vv6aHwaOJS9lZmntqqfqUl1BMmSEorw7V4oI2GcWEk8TJ/YYunDfrdLf7gYTrY +6D6c1YrwrU2SebgFqxTKclLwJWCEXqff5H60TQbJ/pg6xP5Ie7WycPFEu9kkh3Ofok0 Isnj9WRgs/nXMUT6Xsy6hNEQAnpuet/pbaRfFzgqozhRjbIPL+j8EtUl5Tl+qXzg1HOg +5PQ== X-Received: by 10.180.160.241 with SMTP id xn17mr1932528wib.13.1388759076089; Fri, 03 Jan 2014 06:24:36 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from bzg.localdomain (241-104-190-109.dsl.ovh.fr. [109.190.104.241]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id pl7sm35549645wjc.16.2014.01.03.06.24.33 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 03 Jan 2014 06:24:34 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by bzg.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id C00CE1C20632; Fri, 3 Jan 2014 15:24:32 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <83y52xw4bh.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Fri, 03 Jan 2014 16:03:14 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:400c:c00::233 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:167164 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: > I didn't ask anyone to please me, and didn't say I > will stop working on Emacs if it did switch. Okay. It was suggested that the switch would discourage you from contributing, I'm glad to read otherwise. >> Maybe Eli if you could suggest an alternative to bzr >> (that is not Git, which you hate) people would be open >> to your suggestions? > > I don't see the need. Either we switch to git or we don't, it's that > simple. No one will switch to anything else. (I thought Mercurial was another possible choice.) >> I for one would be open to using another dVCS as long >> as it makes current contributors happier and allows to >> get more contributions. > > As someone else said, git sucked all the oxygen there was, so here we > are. As for more contributions, I hope you are right, but I have my > doubts. I don't think we will magically get tons of new contributors, but I know that past contributors like Thierry V. and John W. said they are more likely to contribute back again, which already counts as "more contributors" for me. -- Bastien