From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: New sync'd branch Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 07:00:41 +0900 Message-ID: <87bplzlhti.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <878wh9qaku.fsf@sphinx.net.ru> <83praic5r5.fsf@gnu.org> <83d46gcnsb.fsf@gnu.org> <87ocq0l2hw.fsf@iki.fi> <83ab1kcmi5.fsf@gnu.org> <877hwom4og.fsf@telefonica.net> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1251496872 29769 80.91.229.12 (28 Aug 2009 22:01:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:01:12 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: =?utf-8?Q?=C3=93scar?= Fuentes Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 29 00:01:04 2009 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 1Mh9VF-00006X-5n for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:01:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35259 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Mh9VE-0001lA-AN for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:01:00 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mh9V8-0001l1-HT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:00:54 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mh9V2-0001kc-JE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:00:53 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=47160 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Mh9V1-0001kZ-Mv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:00:47 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp11.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.73]:32829) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Mh9Uz-0000hH-GI; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:00:45 -0400 Original-Received: from 218.231.109.79.eo.eaccess.ne.jp ([218.231.109.79] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp11.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1Mh9Uw-0006bW-4R; Sat, 29 Aug 2009 07:00:42 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 56B3BDF8D; Sat, 29 Aug 2009 07:00:41 +0900 (JST) System-Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: <877hwom4og.fsf@telefonica.net> (=?utf-8?Q?=22=C3=93scar?= Fuentes"'s message of "Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:46:55 +0200") Original-Lines: 20 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV GOL (outbound) X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:114793 Archived-At: =C3=93scar Fuentes writes: > Finally, git's UI is horrid: complex, barroque, with plenty of > opportunities for shooting yourself on the feet. There are bad parts of git's UI, but on average it's pretty good. >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. Yeesh, please take the juvenile rants elsewhere. -miles --=20 The car has become... an article of dress without which we feel uncertain, unclad, and incomplete. [Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media, 1964]