Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 21:06:48 +0100 From: Igor Mozolevsky <igor@hybrid-lab.co.uk> To: Jos Backus <jos@catnook.com> Cc: Kimmo Paasiala <kpaasial@gmail.com>, George Mitchell <george+freebsd@m5p.com>, freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: rcs Message-ID: <CADWvR2jhK1Lg%2BrmJNa2P5KqXs_9kd=iLPhXq0UkqS0k8FFxT6A@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAETOPp1KJ0hy6pYUiDQyCBm0r-L=tpy4V4uJE1eMxbNuwTJD_A@mail.gmail.com> References: <77307DF8-637D-4295-BF47-8742F1552CE8@orthanc.ca> <525503A2.50002@beastielabs.net> <525537F5.1050100@m5p.com> <CA%2B7WWScenHAqiEDcegHU5fyjw63OSC0Ohnn_hqpxJP0YRcv2nA@mail.gmail.com> <CAETOPp1Ng6%2BBKR8hkqmrYajUV51X5-U0wY_FzkrWbKJcXVW1eA@mail.gmail.com> <5256D192.8010902@freebsd.org> <CAETOPp1t3H%2BtUiEsYDJ-pPzh23Y0Qk-dVZjer=Z_beEr0565EA@mail.gmail.com> <5256D819.6060500@freebsd.org> <CAETOPp0Xaiax4JQ=0jV3W6SAB9x5i5n52_DcCCFo=8UUFH7gTg@mail.gmail.com> <CADWvR2gZONb0RCaFUo0Rq11-kKUOX=KbVZtiLA%2BHT9srj5vp_w@mail.gmail.com> <CAETOPp1KJ0hy6pYUiDQyCBm0r-L=tpy4V4uJE1eMxbNuwTJD_A@mail.gmail.com>
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On 10 October 2013 20:36, Jos Backus <jos@catnook.com> wrote: > > On Oct 10, 2013 11:54 AM, "Igor Mozolevsky" <igor@hybrid-lab.co.uk> wrote: > > > > On 10 October 2013 19:15, Jos Backus <jos@catnook.com> wrote: > >> > >> On Oct 10, 2013 9:38 AM, "Julian Elischer" <julian@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > > > > [snip] > > > >> > >> > well since people expect RCS.. it is not a no brainer. > >> > you are asking people to learn a whole new tool for functionality > that > >> is currently very simple.. > >> > edit file > >> > ci -l file > >> > add comment. > >> > >> Such is the price of progress. I envy people who don't have to learn > >> anything new in order to stay employed :-) > > > > > > So your definition of progress is "doing more work to achieve the same > result"?.. > > That would only be true if they were equivalent, and we didn't care about > the extra features. You may not, but many people do, as the popularity of > git and other distributed version control systems proves. > You're missing the point- the requirement is "provide a way to keep track of changes for file X" not "have many fancy and unnecessary features"... -- Igor M.
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