# Mozilla picks a DSCM system.... an amusing read 6 messages from 2007-04-15 to 2007-04-16. Participants: Theodore Ts'o, Shawn O. Pearce, Martin Langhoff, Alex Riesen, Theodore Tso. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/7664 ## Theodore Ts'o, 2007-04-15 21:34 Subject: Mozilla picks a DSCM system.... an amusing read Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/E1HdCMO-0002kW-Lx%40candygram.thunk.org ``` Unfortunately git was knocked out early due to concerns about the quality of its Win32 support, but it's a fun read, with some amusing artwork as side commentary: http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/preed/2007/04/version_control_system_shootou_1.html - Ted ``` ## Shawn O. Pearce, 2007-04-16 04:15 Subject: Re: Mozilla picks a DSCM system.... an amusing read Message-ID: <20070416041509.GL2229@spearce.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20070416041509.GL2229%40spearce.org In-Reply-To: ``` Theodore Ts'o wrote: > > Unfortunately git was knocked out early due to concerns about the > quality of its Win32 support, but it's a fun read, with some amusing > artwork as side commentary: > > http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/preed/2007/04/version_control_system_shootou_1.html The last article from preed on this topic was equally fun. Interesting to see the comments on the bottom of the article; apparently a large number of Git fans have commented about how the Windows community didn't get involved in development, and are now pissed that Git isn't equally available for their platform. ;-) There's a lot of truth in that - Windows users (that I know anyway) just want something to work. Even if they are themselves a programmer, they don't want to write X, they want someone else to give them X for free, in a fully functional state. Which is an attitude that I never see from Linux users... -- Shawn. ``` ## Martin Langhoff, 2007-04-16 04:26 Subject: Re: Mozilla picks a DSCM system.... an amusing read Message-ID: <46a038f90704152126v4c214a9at76870abffeccb611@mail.gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/46a038f90704152126v4c214a9at76870abffeccb611%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` On 4/16/07, Theodore Ts'o wrote: > Unfortunately git was knocked out early due to concerns about the > quality of its Win32 support, but it's a fun read, with some amusing > artwork as side commentary: Good on them for moving onto the DSCM scheme, and "illustrating" the process ;-) >From a git POV, this is only the 2nd-best scenario -- once they are on hg, the barriers of migration to git are much lower. On the other hand, perhaps hg just delivers and they stick to it. And that's fine with me too. cheers, m ``` ## Martin Langhoff, 2007-04-16 04:27 Subject: Re: Mozilla picks a DSCM system.... an amusing read Message-ID: <46a038f90704152127t43949a51h601e35cc4fc6aa7d@mail.gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/46a038f90704152127t43949a51h601e35cc4fc6aa7d%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <46a038f90704152126v4c214a9at76870abffeccb611@mail.gmail.com> ``` On 4/16/07, Martin Langhoff wrote: > From a git POV, this is only the 2nd-best scenario -- once they are on > hg, the barriers of migration to git are much lower. Specially if we write git-hgserver sometime soon ;-) cheers, m ``` ## Alex Riesen, 2007-04-16 07:15 Subject: Re: Mozilla picks a DSCM system.... an amusing read Message-ID: <81b0412b0704160015o101afbd3tfa3e868fbdd161a7@mail.gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/81b0412b0704160015o101afbd3tfa3e868fbdd161a7%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <20070416041509.GL2229@spearce.org> ``` On 4/16/07, Shawn O. Pearce wrote: > There's a lot of truth in that - Windows users (that I know > anyway) just want something to work. Even if they are themselves > a programmer, they don't want to write X, they want someone else > to give them X for free, in a fully functional state. Because you can't change anything in Windows (in almost any commercial installation, for that matter). Often, the user get punished if he tries. Be lazy and stupid is strongly encouraged. ``` ## Theodore Tso, 2007-04-16 10:26 Subject: Re: Mozilla picks a DSCM system.... an amusing read Message-ID: <20070416102658.GD27533@thunk.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20070416102658.GD27533%40thunk.org In-Reply-To: <46a038f90704152127t43949a51h601e35cc4fc6aa7d@mail.gmail.com> ``` On Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at 04:27:51PM +1200, Martin Langhoff wrote: > On 4/16/07, Martin Langhoff wrote: > >From a git POV, this is only the 2nd-best scenario -- once they are on > >hg, the barriers of migration to git are much lower. > > Specially if we write git-hgserver sometime soon ;-) Yeah, if I could clone myself or otherwise get a few weeks of uninterrupted hacking time, I'd be writing a bidrectional hg<->git gateway.... it's the main reason at this point why I haven't switched e2fsprogs to git. - Ted ```