From: Linus Torvalds Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 19:03:59 GMT Subject: Re: git-pull from git.git - no remote ref for pu or next? Message-ID: In-Reply-To: On Tue, 12 Dec 2006, Nicolas Pitre wrote: > > Wouldn't it be a worthy goal to exclude git repos from the rsync > mirroring and use git instead? Well, one of the problems is simply maintenance of kernel.org. It's just _simpler_ to use rsync for everything. Look at the current gitweb caching discussion. Did anybody actually step up to be a gitweb maintainer on kernel.org? Same deal. Simplicity and lack of maintenance is sometimes not just a good idea, it's a requirement.