From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 19 13:08:16 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F26CE893; Mon, 19 Nov 2012 13:08:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bk0-f54.google.com (mail-bk0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F47F8FC12; Mon, 19 Nov 2012 13:08:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-bk0-f54.google.com with SMTP id je9so1189282bkc.13 for ; Mon, 19 Nov 2012 05:08:14 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=tX3zhoiKYQCNUaK8o88ZHF6jTeURduDLaJk4sdDxy50=; b=XH47Uh8viPQ1hdEEpFr5AmrgpQ8BlyQAHJTwabk3CLEgHME7djlraGhlv3NBVFGGPQ FpPEfgY1K1PjqSEFpT+MQqZNEfbn3ujQfOUwHHqF84M1KSS9s9XNK6XPbJCCQwoYnwxk bX1VO7Hs8Oixl/Oyb6xnURpsRy/lH7awfFzI0JcgaU7vz6ZnOpKVV7WqwM/dt8fKPddm 6dd+4o/vUWS9WFecMAKePH2MzW1CjTXMNUrF5lMhQeGBr7D870I9I2OpxpoR+ZWrmM2E NWoqS/NkqpccwJ8PrEEUPxW3zuYZIzlMmRSrFfi7JpUUfUgYGfBmTGhPty5gVRknP8Q2 KFXw== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.130.140 with SMTP id t12mr3250767bks.39.1353330494206; Mon, 19 Nov 2012 05:08:14 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.204.50.197 with HTTP; Mon, 19 Nov 2012 05:08:13 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.204.50.197 with HTTP; Mon, 19 Nov 2012 05:08:13 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <50AA2E88.1040005@FreeBSD.org> References: <20121117221143.41c29ba2@nonamehost> <50a8eb34.5pMwq6kSsi47QgKI%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <20121118073128.GG73505@kib.kiev.ua> <50A8BD0F.7030609@FreeBSD.org> <50AA2E88.1040005@FreeBSD.org> Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 13:08:13 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: FreeBSD needs Git to ensure repo integrity [was: 2012 incident] From: Chris Rees To: Andriy Gapon Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 13:08:16 -0000 On 19 Nov 2012 13:05, "Andriy Gapon" wrote: > > on 18/11/2012 16:17 Chris Rees said the following: > > On 18 November 2012 14:04, Adrian Chadd wrote: > >> On 18 November 2012 02:48, Andriy Gapon wrote: > >> > >>> What you describe is not a workflow issue, but a local development > >>> environment(s) setup issue. > >> > >> Which is a workflow issue. > >> > >> I mean, we could bang heads on semantics for hours on end, or we can > >> realise that git isn't a magic bullet for FreeBSD development. > > > > Also... did I mention git is GPL? > > Yes, you did, twice now. > I do not see any relevance of Git license to FreeBSD's choice of SCM solution. > But, of course, I am not: > a) a zealot > b) proposing Git (or Subversion, or Mercurial) to be bundled with a base system I'm disappointed that you choose to call me a zealot- this is a valid concern, especially since we're trying to move away from GPL stuff. Whether it's in base or not, you'd still be forcing me to install it for development. Why are people so dismissive of this point? Chris