[darcs-users] Linus' git.
David Roundy
droundy at abridgegame.org
Tue Apr 12 21:23:44 UTC 2005
On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 09:45:02PM +0200, Daan Leijen wrote:
> David Roundy wrote:
>
> >On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 10:29:18PM +0200, Daan Leijen wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Karel Gardas wrote:
> >>
> >>>"Linus Torvalds began working on an interim solution called 'git' in
> >>>the absence of BitKeeper..."
> >>>
> >>I can hardly believe it -- the famous Linus trying to re-invent the
> >>wheel -- first making something "fast" and than later discovering he
> >>needs just this one bit more, and finally ending up with tla/arch :-)
> >
> >He isn't trying to make an SCM, just something to work well enough until
> >one of the existing SCMs is efficient enough to handle the kernel
> >source. It'll also perhaps serve as an interim format for the kernel
> >repository. The plan is to convert the BK history into a git
> >repository--which will make converting into SCMs far easier. Git is
> >actually supposed to be simple enough that a demented chimpanzee can
> >understand it's internal structure...
>
> Yes, you are right. I was partially joking. However, many project start
> with "well, we do not need all that complexity -- lets just write our own
> little utility to do just what we need", but they end up being just as
> complex in the end as more and more functionality is required. I really
> hope that the Linux maintainers will not fall into that trap and that git
> will not become a real SCM in the end (unless of course if the design
> will be as good as that of Darcs :-)
Indeed, and that is a real danger. I suspect, however, that Linus will
show the wisdom to know when to move on. He's certainly been picky enough
about his SCM tools in the past.
--
David Roundy
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