From: "Óscar Fuentes" <ofv@wanadoo.es>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: New sync'd branch
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:46:55 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <877hwom4og.fsf@telefonica.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 83ab1kcmi5.fsf@gnu.org
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
[snip]
> As long as it needs MSYS, the problem is still there for me.
>
> Let's face it: Git was invented for GNU/Linux by Linux enthusiasts; it
> kicks ass on GNU/Linux, but using it on non-Posix platforms is not
> (and was not supposed to be) a feast.
As someone who tried git on Windows some weeks ago, I can confirm Eli's
fears.
And would say more: git is the brainchild of Linus, and works according
to Linus views of the world. For instance, CRLF line endings cause a lot
of trouble.
git's extraordinay responsiveness disappears on Windows too.
Then there are those who think that msysgit is a "native" port to
windows, instead cygwin's "emulation". Well, they ignore what msys is: a
fork of cygwin.
BTW, cygwin's git worked much better than msysgit for me.
Finally, git's UI is horrid: complex, barroque, with plenty of
opportunities for shooting yourself on the feet. Those kernel guys are
not the right people for designing UIs. Some day people will recognize
this and will see today's massive leaning towards git as a mistake
originated on juvenile reverence towards its original author and on
simplistic metrics like raw speed, putting aside a critical and objetive
assessment of its merits compared against the alternatives.
--
Óscar
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-08-28 13:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 60+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-08-23 22:21 New sync'd branch Stefan Monnier
2009-08-23 22:35 ` joakim
2009-08-24 13:58 ` Leo
2009-08-24 19:24 ` Dmitry Dzhus
2009-08-25 17:44 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-08-26 8:31 ` Miles Bader
2009-08-26 19:04 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-08-27 3:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-08-27 4:47 ` Miles Bader
2009-08-27 5:38 ` Teemu Likonen
2009-08-28 8:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-08-27 6:33 ` Ken Raeburn
2009-08-27 7:08 ` Teemu Likonen
2009-08-27 7:14 ` Christian Faulhammer
2009-08-27 8:55 ` Ken Raeburn
2009-08-27 9:07 ` Miles Bader
2009-08-27 10:11 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2009-08-28 9:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-08-27 9:47 ` joakim
2009-08-28 9:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-08-28 9:12 ` Miles Bader
2009-08-28 9:19 ` Teemu Likonen
2009-08-28 9:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-08-28 13:03 ` David Kastrup
2009-08-28 13:46 ` Óscar Fuentes [this message]
2009-08-28 14:55 ` Juanma Barranquero
2009-08-28 17:11 ` Óscar Fuentes
2009-08-28 17:49 ` Juanma Barranquero
2009-08-28 18:00 ` David Reitter
2009-08-29 3:56 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2009-08-29 20:20 ` Richard Stallman
2009-08-28 15:08 ` David Kastrup
2009-08-28 17:21 ` Óscar Fuentes
2009-08-28 19:33 ` David Kastrup
2009-08-28 21:41 ` Óscar Fuentes
2009-08-28 22:20 ` Miles Bader
2009-08-28 22:55 ` Óscar Fuentes
2009-08-29 0:17 ` Miles Bader
2009-08-29 9:08 ` David Kastrup
2009-08-29 15:25 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-08-29 0:46 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-08-28 22:00 ` Miles Bader
2009-08-28 14:01 ` Juanma Barranquero
2009-08-28 14:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-08-28 14:13 ` Juanma Barranquero
2009-08-28 14:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-08-28 14:44 ` Juanma Barranquero
2009-08-28 9:38 ` joakim
2009-08-28 9:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-08-28 10:02 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-08-28 11:18 ` David Kastrup
2009-08-28 15:59 ` David Reitter
2009-08-27 21:27 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-08-28 8:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-08-27 21:52 ` Glenn Morris
2009-08-27 22:17 ` Chong Yidong
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2009-08-24 22:25 Nick Roberts
2009-08-25 9:29 ` joakim
2009-08-25 14:06 ` Chong Yidong
2009-08-25 21:02 ` Nick Roberts
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