From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Romain Francoise Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: It's not yet time to anoint git, or anything else Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2008 15:51:07 +0100 Organization: orebokech dot com Message-ID: <87wsqs5lic.fsf@elegiac.orebokech.com> References: <20080102132458.387D9830B03@snark.thyrsus.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1199285479 1257 80.91.229.12 (2 Jan 2008 14:51:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 14:51:19 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Eric S. Raymond" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 02 15:51:39 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 1JA4wV-0006NR-F3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 02 Jan 2008 15:51:39 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JA4w9-00045w-E0 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 02 Jan 2008 09:51:17 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JA4w4-00044x-Tu for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Jan 2008 09:51:12 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JA4w3-00044U-Dg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Jan 2008 09:51:12 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JA4w3-00044R-AI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Jan 2008 09:51:11 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp4-g19.free.fr ([212.27.42.30]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JA4w2-0002BT-Rc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Jan 2008 09:51:11 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp4-g19.free.fr (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp4-g19.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6E553EA105; Wed, 2 Jan 2008 15:51:07 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from elegiac.orebokech.com (home.orebokech.com [82.67.41.165]) by smtp4-g19.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 744FF3EA0E0; Wed, 2 Jan 2008 15:51:07 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: by elegiac.orebokech.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 238373B16B; Wed, 2 Jan 2008 15:51:07 +0100 (CET) X-Face: }9mYu,e_@+e!`Z-P5kVXa3\_b:hdJ"B)ww[&=b<2=awG:GOIM, emacs-devel@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <20080102132458.387D9830B03@snark.thyrsus.com> (Eric S. Raymond's message of "Wed, 2 Jan 2008 08:24:58 -0500 (EST)") X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: 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:85908 Archived-At: "Eric S. Raymond" writes: > It is not yet time to anoint git (or anything else) as a winner, > even by implication. We will need to carefully consider the > strengths and weaknesses of each of these systems in relation to > the specific needs of the Emacs project. An important aspect for us is how well the system is supported on Savannah. Git has an advantage here because we already have an official Git repo of Emacs on Savannah, with complete history dating back to 1985. We just have to make it read-write. http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=emacs.git