From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 19 13:15:15 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 AE2EFEE5 for ; Mon, 19 Nov 2012 13:15:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from avg@FreeBSD.org) Received: from citadel.icyb.net.ua (citadel.icyb.net.ua [212.40.38.140]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8F688FC14 for ; Mon, 19 Nov 2012 13:15:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from porto.starpoint.kiev.ua (porto-e.starpoint.kiev.ua [212.40.38.100]) by citadel.icyb.net.ua (8.8.8p3/ICyb-2.3exp) with ESMTP id PAA13841; Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:15:12 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from avg@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]) by porto.starpoint.kiev.ua with esmtp (Exim 4.34 (FreeBSD)) id 1TaRBw-000CYw-A1; Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:15:12 +0200 Message-ID: <50AA30DF.6080406@FreeBSD.org> Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:15:11 +0200 From: Andriy Gapon User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:16.0) Gecko/20121030 Thunderbird/16.0.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Chris Rees Subject: Re: FreeBSD needs Git to ensure repo integrity [was: 2012 incident] References: <20121117221143.41c29ba2@nonamehost> <50a8eb34.5pMwq6kSsi47QgKI%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <20121118073128.GG73505@kib.kiev.ua> <50A8BD0F.7030609@FreeBSD.org> <50AA2E88.1040005@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.4.5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 13:15:15 -0000 on 19/11/2012 15:08 Chris Rees said the following: > > 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? a. I haven't called you a zealot b. You now _sound_ like a zealot if even just installing GPL-licensed software on your local/private machine sounds like a problem to you -- Andriy Gapon