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Re: cvsps, parsecvs, svn2git and the CVS exporter mess

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Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 3, 2013, 15:51 UTC
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On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 12:36 PM, Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> wrote:
> It is pure accident that I now maintain two of these.
Maintainership is always temporary.
> Having three different tools for this job seems to me duplicative and
> pointless; two of them should probably be let die an honorable death.

Perhaps just maintain the code that serves your goals. That way, you don't need long trolly emails nor approval from anyone.

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Message 10 of 11 in “cvsps, parsecvs, svn2git and the CVS exporter mess”
  1. Eric S. RaymondDec 22, 2012
  2. Heiko VoigtDec 23, 2012
  3. Eric S. RaymondDec 23, 2012
  4. Michael HaggertyJan 3, 2013
  5. Eric S. RaymondJan 3, 2013
  6. Max HornJan 5, 2013
  7. Eric S. RaymondJan 5, 2013
  8. Jonathan NiederJan 5, 2013
  9. Michael HaggertyJan 6, 2013
  10. Martin LanghoffJan 3, 2013
  11. Eric S. RaymondJan 5, 2013

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