On Thu, May 18, 2006 at 01:44:56AM -0400, Albert Cahalan wrote: > Forking and fragmentation vs. BSD-style fights? No contest. > > Linux has been forked about a zillion times, but the developers don't > mind the "mess" at all. People just merge every which way using git.
Well, yes, but the linux distributed development model, is a bit different than the centralized subversion using d-i development model. In a way it is a bit strange that d-i was developped as a componentized and developped model, but all is hold in a single debian sub-archive and a single centralized subversion repository. > If people come to their sense, they'll never again grant commit bits > to more than one person. Maybe. A centralized repo is a good thing for a more intertwined grouped development model. > BTW, the Wine project has a nice comparison. It seems that git is > much more compact than svk. (big surprise for me) It's well-known > for being very fast. it is ways more difficult to understand than svn is, especially from someone coming from CVS. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]