{"thread":{"id":"16599","subject":"gittorrent on /.","startedAt":"2008-12-04T21:15:00Z","lastAt":"2008-12-04T21:19:18Z","messageCount":2,"participants":["david@lang.hm","J.H."],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"97168","messageId":"alpine.DEB.1.10.0812041313270.7145@asgard.lang.hm","threadId":"16599","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"gittorrent on /.","fromName":"","fromEmail":"david@lang.hm","sentAt":"2008-12-04T21:15:00Z","receivedAt":"2008-12-04T21:15:00Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"david@lang.hm","avatar":null},"body":"lots of misinformation in here (including the implication that gittorrent \nis ready, or nearly ready to use).\n\nDavid Lang\n\nhttp://tech.slashdot.org/tech/08/12/04/1625226.shtml\n\nPolitical and Technical Implications of GitTorrent\nPosted by CmdrTaco on Thursday December 04, @01:03PM\nfrom the distribute-this-sucka dept.\nProgramming Media\nlkcl writes \"The GitTorrent Protocol (GTP) is a protocol for collaborative \ngit repository distribution across the Internet. Git promises to be a \ndistributed software management tool, where a repository can be \ndistributed. Yet, the mechanisms used to date to actually 'distribute,' \nsuch as ssh, are very much still centralized. GitTorrent makes Git truly \ndistributed. The initial plans are for reducing mirror loading, however \nthe full plans include totally distributed development: no central mirrors \nwhatsoever. PGP signing (an existing feature of git) and other \nweb-of-trust-based mechanisms will take over from protocols on ports (e.g. \nssh) as the access control 'clearing house.' The implications of a truly \ndistributed revision control system are truly staggering: unrestricted \nsoftware freedom. The playing field is leveled in so many ways, as 'The \nWeb Site' no longer becomes the central choke-point of control. Coming \njust in time for that all-encompassing Free Software revolution hinted at \nby The Rebellion Against Vista, this article will explain more fully some \nof the implications that make this quiet and technically brilliant \nproject, GitTorrent, so important to Software Freedom, from both technical \nand political perspectives.\"\n"},{"id":"97171","messageId":"1228425558.2666.90.camel@localhost.localdomain","threadId":"16599","inReplyTo":"alpine.DEB.1.10.0812041313270.7145@asgard.lang.hm","subject":"Re: gittorrent on /.","fromName":"J.H.","fromEmail":"warthog19@eaglescrag.net","sentAt":"2008-12-04T21:19:18Z","receivedAt":"2008-12-04T21:19:18Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"warthog19@eaglescrag.net","avatar":null},"body":"*sighs* the slashdot commentators make me sad!  Bonus points to whoever\ngot the comments up about \"MirrorSync\" up on the GitTorrent page.\n\n- John 'Warthog9' Hawley\n\nOn Thu, 2008-12-04 at 13:15 -0800, david@lang.hm wrote:\n> lots of misinformation in here (including the implication that gittorrent \n> is ready, or nearly ready to use).\n> \n> David Lang\n> \n> http://tech.slashdot.org/tech/08/12/04/1625226.shtml\n> \n> Political and Technical Implications of GitTorrent\n> Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday December 04, @01:03PM\n> from the distribute-this-sucka dept.\n> Programming Media\n> lkcl writes \"The GitTorrent Protocol (GTP) is a protocol for collaborative \n> git repository distribution across the Internet. Git promises to be a \n> distributed software management tool, where a repository can be \n> distributed. Yet, the mechanisms used to date to actually 'distribute,' \n> such as ssh, are very much still centralized. GitTorrent makes Git truly \n> distributed. The initial plans are for reducing mirror loading, however \n> the full plans include totally distributed development: no central mirrors \n> whatsoever. PGP signing (an existing feature of git) and other \n> web-of-trust-based mechanisms will take over from protocols on ports (e.g. \n> ssh) as the access control 'clearing house.' The implications of a truly \n> distributed revision control system are truly staggering: unrestricted \n> software freedom. The playing field is leveled in so many ways, as 'The \n> Web Site' no longer becomes the central choke-point of control. Coming \n> just in time for that all-encompassing Free Software revolution hinted at \n> by The Rebellion Against Vista, this article will explain more fully some \n> of the implications that make this quiet and technically brilliant \n> project, GitTorrent, so important to Software Freedom, from both technical \n> and political perspectives.\"\n> --\n> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line \"unsubscribe git\" in\n> the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org\n> More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html\n"}]}