From: Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 08:36:39 GMT
Subject: Re: gitpacker progress report and a question
Message-ID: <20121127083639.GA26935@thyrsus.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAMP44s1=sjWypEN3zzC=aPqZYnBFU0C+Dhrh3zj=jY57PHJ6wg@mail.gmail.com>

Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>:
> Most of those old projects have a linear history,

INTERCAL didn't.  There were two branches for platform ports.

> But different commit/author and respective dates, and merges? Sounds
> like overkill.

I felt it was important that the metadata format be able to specify
git's entire metadata and DAG semantics.  Otherwise, as sure as the
sun rises, *somebody* would run into a corner case not covered, and
(quite rightly) curse me for a shortsighted fool who had done a
half-assed job.

I don't do half-assed jobs.  Not ever, no way, nohow.
-- 
		<a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>