From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Juanma Barranquero" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: MAINTAINERS file Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 17:25:55 +0100 Message-ID: References: <18375.18663.981150.252393@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <87tzjnvjhc.fsf@red-bean.com> <87zlte3848.fsf@ambire.localdomain> <877igipc17.fsf@jbms.ath.cx> <87tzjmnsiz.fsf@jbms.ath.cx> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1204734423 17266 80.91.229.12 (5 Mar 2008 16:27:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 16:27:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Jeremy Maitin-Shepard , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Eli Zaretskii" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 05 17:27:25 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 1JWwRy-00046D-SB for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:26:39 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JWwRR-0005N0-CF for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:26:05 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JWwRL-0005Lq-75 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:25:59 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JWwRJ-0005LG-Df for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:25:58 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JWwRJ-0005LD-AU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:25:57 -0500 Original-Received: from el-out-1112.google.com ([209.85.162.178]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JWwRJ-0006ui-1L for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:25:57 -0500 Original-Received: by el-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id n30so2101632elf.7 for ; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:25:56 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=Q+JdXQ7D42rkEkGrPC+/A77GlXttTdvSwH/1C5Ivcz0=; b=VTBQCthIWMD9FOMb7pZNhUdAEWLumuout7P1ClC8n89thbcg3n1gtywihRhj1Tq+PaTQAhWM0JcO8GiTyDx0pdzBDjOuR2E2xX79YaBqPkqC/ZxlAZ2StHzUVHRg3WtM4XAQrrXavLT2NJNmcO50KZnGbZ4hm/sbRWFdAQJuUNs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=qWXeKaKKufZShsHWss9vnTcNUTa/wBodogv7tWbuJVTxoLhLuoKUSp1WuKOQUr5CAwUpbAW/OZXQ9vTJkEX9R/NcdCQl1aaDT+hceKCUAFo2Of5pjnyHIWrqPZHQdSHsWz2IrUC0iHTZ2SPVhGABsbx4ArqSVpvlcV3YMyPqo3s= Original-Received: by 10.115.79.1 with SMTP id g1mr4844499wal.2.1204734355337; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:25:55 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.114.166.20 with HTTP; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 08:25:55 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:91394 Archived-At: On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 4:43 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > Well, how about reading the discussions about this in > the-not-so-distant past here. Then you can draw your conclusions. I've read several discussions here about dVCS in the not-so-distant past, for several values of "distant". I don't think technical conclusions can be drawn from them. No one has offered hard data or done an unbiased comparison. The only one to try, that I remember, is Eric, and he went missing just after bringing up the issue (to be fair: he has explained why). So, if we're going to use Bazaar for political reasons, so be it. But statements of opinion like this one from Stefan (nothing special about it, it's just the one I had closer at hand) "Of the remaining 4 I think they'd all fit the bill just fine, each with its own strengths and weaknesses. So the choice among those 4 is mostly arbitrary." are hardly compelling. What I'm trying to say is: I won't discuss which dVCS we choose (unless it makes Windows development a PITA). But I agree with Jeremy Maitin-Shepard that the cause of free software is strengthened by us selecting among the free alternatives the one that best serves our technical, not political, needs. Juanma