From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2012 20:23:29 GMT
Subject: Re: Why Is There No Bug Tracker And Why Are Patches Sent Instead Of Pull Requests
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In-Reply-To: <CAP2yMa+op58gbUPXvyHdx+cLcCBgHmmuBKGBojxA+puDRPSp1Q@mail.gmail.com>

Scott Chacon <schacon@gmail.com> writes:

> So free is great, but what is more important in the tooling and
> services that help you develop?  Is it freedom to some arbitrary
> level, or is it simplicity and availability? I value my time a lot
> more than if I can get the source code to the issue tracker that my
> open source project uses.

I do not particularly want to say this, but I couldn't resist wondering
how the above "The best tool for the job, be it libre or commercial"
compares with what Linus would have had in his mind when the kernel
project decided to use BitKeeper.