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Re: Comments on "Understanding Version Control" by Eric S. Raymond

From
Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
Date
Feb 5, 2009, 06:01 UTC
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Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu> writes:
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> I suspect Eric will disagree with me, but regardless of how he
> completes his paper, it will almost certainly end up taking sides one
> way or another on this controversy, at which point one side or the
> other of this particular disagreement will argue that Eric is really
> writing an advocacy paper pushing Bzr, Mercurial, or Git (depending on
> how he comes out on this issue).

That was pretty clear from his comments on the emacs-devel mailing list (2008-05 roughly).

He spent a lot of time trying to sound impartial (and that he was "still doing research"), but strongly gave the impression that he had already made up his mind.

-Miles
-- 
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  1. Jakub NarebskiFeb 2, 2009
  2. Theodore TsoFeb 2, 2009
  3. Eric S. RaymondFeb 2, 2009
  4. Jakub NarebskiFeb 3, 2009
  5. Jakub NarebskiFeb 4, 2009
  6. Theodore TsoFeb 4, 2009
  7. Junio C HamanoFeb 5, 2009
  8. Theodore TsoFeb 5, 2009
  9. Junio C HamanoFeb 5, 2009
  10. Theodore TsoFeb 5, 2009
  11. Junio C HamanoFeb 5, 2009
  12. Jakub NarebskiFeb 5, 2009
  13. Theodore TsoFeb 5, 2009
  14. Miles BaderFeb 5, 2009
  15. Eric S. RaymondFeb 5, 2009
  16. Jakub NarebskiFeb 5, 2009
  17. Theodore TsoFeb 5, 2009
  18. Jakub NarebskiFeb 5, 2009
  19. Theodore TsoFeb 5, 2009
  20. Tests for "Understanding Version Control" by Eric S. RaymondJakub Narebski, Feb 4, 2009
  21. Jakub NarebskiFeb 10, 2009

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