Re: FAQ Q: another version control system?

From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date: May 2, 2007, 08:35 UTC
Message-ID: <f19ig9$473$1@sea.gmane.org>
In-Reply-To: <9e7886190705020013k5721480aj767c1c8643fc8d23@mail.gmail.com>

[Cc: Peter <petervanbohning@gmail.com>, git@vger.kernel.org]

Peter wrote:

> Do we really need another version control system?  As I understand it,
> this is like a distributed, central-server-less, CVS, sorry, SVN
> server.

There is large difference between centralized and distributed SCMs.

Besides, thats like asking why we have so many Linux distributions, or why we have KDE, GNOME, XFCE, etc.

> But why isn't such a feature set added into SVN?

There is SVK which is distributed SCM built on top of Subversion. But there are some things that cannot be done because it uses SVN as engine. Performance is one of them.

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> Why do I have to 
> download another version control system just so that I can "git"
> libxcb and X11 so that I can compile gtk so that I can compile xchat
> so that I can go onto the IRC server for madwifi so that I can ask
> someone there why their wifi drivers don't create a /dev/wifi0 on my
> system so that I can get my wireless working????

You don't need to install git to download and install programs; there are tarballs and packages. You don't even need git to work on program and send corrections, although it is recommended.

-- 
Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
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