[PD-dev] SVN?

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Oct 23, 2007, at 12:51 PM, Tim Blechmann wrote:

> On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 11:56 -0400, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>> A distributed repository sounds interesting, but given Linus
>> Torvald's love of KDE, constant dissing of usability, and the fact
>> that git has 119 commands, this gives me pause.
>
> in order to evaluate git, one should maybe give it a try ...
>
>> Sounds like software designed for someone with an encyclopedic
>> memory. I really only use 8 commands in CVS (update, commit,
>> checkout, add, remove, tag, diff, import).
>
> do you remember all the cvs command options?

There are very many SCM systems out there, there are even many  
distributed SCM systems out there.  My experience is that Linus is  
super focused on issues that affect him and pretty much totally  
ignores other issues that don't affect him.  Also, he approaches  
things with arrogance.  So chances are, that effects the software he  
writes.  I am sure git works well for Linux, but Pd is a very  
different community.  My guess is that git is a good tool for people  
who are immersed in C all day, everyday.  That describes none of the  
Pd developers.

First, I think we need to narrow the options, then evaluate.  I want  
to write code, not play with SCM systems.  That said, I do think that  
a distributed system sounds very appealing, what I don't quite  
understand is how the "main" repository works.  Tom Schouten made  
darcs sound quite appealing, I am sure Claude likes it, since it's  
written in Haskell ;)

.hc


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