On Tue, 4 Sep 2018 19:54:37 +0200 Carlo Wood <ca...@alinoe.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Aug 2018 22:03:13 +0200 > Marc Lehmann <schm...@schmorp.de> wrote: > > > On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 02:30:21PM +0800, "jianhuizhao...@gmail.com" > > <jianhuizhao....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > It is recommended to switch from cvs to github. > > > > By whom? The evaluation of the FSF for example gave github the worst > > rating, an F. > > > > https://www.gnu.org/software/repo-criteria-evaluation.html > > > > He probably meant meant git (although then using github.com is a > logical choice). > > One of the reasons that switching to git makes sense is that > CVS is simply outdated. I switched all my projects to git years > ago already. The reason that it is outdated is mostly because > of technical differences that boil down to the fact that git > allows easy cooperation between (many) developers. The workflow > is well fleshed out and supported. > > CVS still does the job, but it is for example way harder to > work on a project with more than one maintainer; mailing patches > is hardly something of this time. > > Even if you think "I don't WANT other people to mess with > my project; I want to be in full control as the only God-developer" > then still that is not really reason to fear git: it will STILL > be easier for you to maintain libev and review patch proposals, > and you can still reject everything. At most the chance that > someone forks you, write a few awesome improves that you refuse > to merge and people start using their close instead of yours, > is slightly larger; because through github it is easier to find > people who cloned projects - and their patches - even if the > mother project didn't accept their pull requests. That would maybe > be bad for you, but it certainly isn't bad for the community ;) > A little bit of competition is healthy (ie, in the above scenario > you'd probably decide to take the time to look at those awesome > new improvements and merge them into your repository, instead of > losing your client base). > > Regards, > Sigh typos... s/meant meant/meant/ s/the fact// a* reason writes* a few awesome improvements* start using their clone* -- Carlo Wood <ca...@alinoe.com> _______________________________________________ libev mailing list libev@lists.schmorp.de http://lists.schmorp.de/mailman/listinfo/libev
