{"thread":{"id":"7664","subject":"Mozilla picks a DSCM system.... an amusing read","startedAt":"2007-04-15T21:34:12Z","lastAt":"2007-04-16T10:26:58Z","messageCount":6,"participants":["Theodore Ts'o","Shawn O. Pearce","Martin Langhoff","Alex Riesen","Theodore Tso"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"39407","messageId":"E1HdCMO-0002kW-Lx@candygram.thunk.org","threadId":"7664","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"Mozilla picks a DSCM system.... an amusing read","fromName":"Theodore Ts'o","fromEmail":"tytso@mit.edu","sentAt":"2007-04-15T21:34:12Z","receivedAt":"2007-04-15T21:34:12Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"tytso@mit.edu","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/51416?v=4"},"body":"\nUnfortunately git was knocked out early due to concerns about the\nquality of its Win32 support, but it's a fun read, with some amusing\nartwork as side commentary:\n\nhttp://weblogs.mozillazine.org/preed/2007/04/version_control_system_shootou_1.html\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t- Ted\n"},{"id":"39446","messageId":"20070416041509.GL2229@spearce.org","threadId":"7664","inReplyTo":"E1HdCMO-0002kW-Lx@candygram.thunk.org","subject":"Re: Mozilla picks a DSCM system.... an amusing read","fromName":"Shawn O. Pearce","fromEmail":"spearce@spearce.org","sentAt":"2007-04-16T04:15:09Z","receivedAt":"2007-04-16T04:15:09Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"spearce@spearce.org","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/34844?v=4"},"body":"Theodore Ts'o wrote:\n> \n> Unfortunately git was knocked out early due to concerns about the\n> quality of its Win32 support, but it's a fun read, with some amusing\n> artwork as side commentary:\n> \n> http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/preed/2007/04/version_control_system_shootou_1.html\n\nThe last article from preed on this topic was equally fun.\n\nInteresting to see the comments on the bottom of the article;\napparently a large number of Git fans have commented about how the\nWindows community didn't get involved in development, and are now\npissed that Git isn't equally available for their platform. ;-)\n\nThere's a lot of truth in that - Windows users (that I know\nanyway) just want something to work. Even if they are themselves\na programmer, they don't want to write X, they want someone else\nto give them X for free, in a fully functional state.\n\nWhich is an attitude that I never see from Linux users...\n\n-- \nShawn.\n"},{"id":"39447","messageId":"46a038f90704152126v4c214a9at76870abffeccb611@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"7664","inReplyTo":"E1HdCMO-0002kW-Lx@candygram.thunk.org","subject":"Re: Mozilla picks a DSCM system.... an amusing read","fromName":"Martin Langhoff","fromEmail":"martin.langhoff@gmail.com","sentAt":"2007-04-16T04:26:41Z","receivedAt":"2007-04-16T04:26:41Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"martin.langhoff@gmail.com","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/1e3f311b6c4c15836501901ca58f8c0b0667246488084ba524d8bc9867e22fd9?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"On 4/16/07, Theodore Ts'o wrote:\n> Unfortunately git was knocked out early due to concerns about the\n> quality of its Win32 support, but it's a fun read, with some amusing\n> artwork as side commentary:\n\nGood on them for moving onto the DSCM scheme, and \"illustrating\" the process ;-)\n\n>From a git POV, this is only the 2nd-best scenario -- once they are on\nhg, the barriers of migration to git are much lower. On the other\nhand, perhaps hg just delivers and they stick to it. And that's fine\nwith me too.\n\ncheers,\n\n\nm\n"},{"id":"39448","messageId":"46a038f90704152127t43949a51h601e35cc4fc6aa7d@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"7664","inReplyTo":"46a038f90704152126v4c214a9at76870abffeccb611@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: Mozilla picks a DSCM system.... an amusing read","fromName":"Martin Langhoff","fromEmail":"martin.langhoff@gmail.com","sentAt":"2007-04-16T04:27:51Z","receivedAt":"2007-04-16T04:27:51Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"martin.langhoff@gmail.com","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/1e3f311b6c4c15836501901ca58f8c0b0667246488084ba524d8bc9867e22fd9?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"On 4/16/07, Martin Langhoff wrote:\n> From a git POV, this is only the 2nd-best scenario -- once they are on\n> hg, the barriers of migration to git are much lower.\n\nSpecially if we write git-hgserver sometime soon ;-)\n\ncheers,\n\n\nm\n"},{"id":"39478","messageId":"81b0412b0704160015o101afbd3tfa3e868fbdd161a7@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"7664","inReplyTo":"20070416041509.GL2229@spearce.org","subject":"Re: Mozilla picks a DSCM system.... an amusing read","fromName":"Alex Riesen","fromEmail":"raa.lkml@gmail.com","sentAt":"2007-04-16T07:15:45Z","receivedAt":"2007-04-16T07:15:45Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"raa.lkml@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/324101?v=4"},"body":"On 4/16/07, Shawn O. Pearce wrote:\n> There's a lot of truth in that - Windows users (that I know\n> anyway) just want something to work. Even if they are themselves\n> a programmer, they don't want to write X, they want someone else\n> to give them X for free, in a fully functional state.\n\nBecause you can't change anything in Windows (in almost any commercial\ninstallation, for that matter). Often, the user get punished if he tries.\nBe lazy and stupid is strongly encouraged.\n"},{"id":"39516","messageId":"20070416102658.GD27533@thunk.org","threadId":"7664","inReplyTo":"46a038f90704152127t43949a51h601e35cc4fc6aa7d@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: Mozilla picks a DSCM system.... an amusing read","fromName":"Theodore Tso","fromEmail":"tytso@mit.edu","sentAt":"2007-04-16T10:26:58Z","receivedAt":"2007-04-16T10:26:58Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"tytso@mit.edu","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/51416?v=4"},"body":"On Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at 04:27:51PM +1200, Martin Langhoff wrote:\n> On 4/16/07, Martin Langhoff wrote:\n> >From a git POV, this is only the 2nd-best scenario -- once they are on\n> >hg, the barriers of migration to git are much lower.\n> \n> Specially if we write git-hgserver sometime soon ;-)\n\nYeah, if I could clone myself or otherwise get a few weeks of\nuninterrupted hacking time, I'd be writing a bidrectional hg<->git\ngateway.... it's the main reason at this point why I haven't switched\ne2fsprogs to git.\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t- Ted\n"}]}