Re: Subversion developer: svn is for dumb people

> On Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 02:25:36PM +0000, Steven Grimm wrote:
> > Thought folks here might get a kick out of this:
> > 
> > http://blog.red-bean.com/sussman/?p=79
> > 
> > Okay, my summary is slightly facetious, but that's basically the gist 
> > of what he's saying: you should choose Subversion rather than a DVCS 
> > because most of your users won't be smart enough to use the better 
> > tool.
> > 
> > I can't say he's completely wrong, especially about the 20/80% idea 
> > (though I think "20%" is generous), but some of his specific arguments 
> > about DVCS are on the bogus side. "Centralized systems encourage code 
> > reviews," for one -- I challenge him to find a project with a more 
> > pervasive and effective code-reviewing culture than the git project.
> 
>   Your argument is also bogus.
> 
>   IMNSHO, peer reviewing has nothing to do with git, svn, or $SCM. It's 
> a social pattern. There are people that do it because they understand 
> it's a good and necessary sound thing to do, and there are the others. 
> Guess what, it has a lot to do with the 20%/80% line (that I would have 
> more described as the 2/98 but well…).