From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Thien-Thi Nguyen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: bzr is dying; Emacs needs to move Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2014 12:52:20 +0100 Message-ID: <87k3eisirv.fsf@zigzag.favinet> References: <20140102095347.6834E381D0C@snark.thyrsus.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1388663337 23985 80.91.229.3 (2 Jan 2014 11:48:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2014 11:48:57 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: esr@thyrsus.com (Eric S. Raymond) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 02 12:49:03 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 1Vyglq-00086z-6w for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 02 Jan 2014 12:49:02 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44451 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vyglp-0004S6-T1 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 02 Jan 2014 06:49:01 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34772) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vyglg-0004Rw-LR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Jan 2014 06:48:58 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vygla-0003jk-9n for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Jan 2014 06:48:52 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp209.alice.it ([82.57.200.105]:41012) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VyglZ-0003jg-Ui for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Jan 2014 06:48:46 -0500 Original-Received: from zigzag.favinet (79.40.16.58) by smtp209.alice.it (8.6.060.28) id 52443BB014742AED; Thu, 2 Jan 2014 12:48:42 +0100 Original-Received: from ttn by zigzag.favinet with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VygpC-0004UZ-D9; Thu, 02 Jan 2014 12:52:30 +0100 Mail-Followup-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <20140102095347.6834E381D0C@snark.thyrsus.com> (Eric S. Raymond's message of "Thu, 2 Jan 2014 04:53:47 -0500 (EST)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 82.57.200.105 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:167024 Archived-At: --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable () esr@thyrsus.com (Eric S. Raymond) () Thu, 2 Jan 2014 04:53:47 -0500 (EST) Sticking to a moribund version-control system will compound and exacerbate the project's difficulty in attracting new talent. It impedes people stuck on old (low spec) computers, too. For example, in my adventures w/ git-bzr, i have managed to do the initial clone, but 512M RAM is not enough to achieve the tantalizingly compact footprint that "git gc --aggressive" purports. I'm a stubborn fool and will find a way eventually (suggestions from git-bzr / git experts welcome!), but it's an unqualified slog that i imagine is just not worth the trouble for others in similar straits. =2D-=20 Thien-Thi Nguyen GPG key: 4C807502 (if you're human and you know it) read my lisp: (responsep (questions 'technical) (not (via 'mailing-list))) =3D> nil --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlLFUvcACgkQZwMiJEyAdQKe1gCgurEDRa1ElqW3XUnH3DC/JR4s KSkAn0lBG30YuApTm2FaDUe925l+dpj4 =m3h4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--