From owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Fri Jun 15 14:26:48 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2121A100AAD9 for ; Fri, 15 Jun 2018 14:26:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) Received: from viclamta27p.bpe.bigpond.com (viclamta27p.bpe.bigpond.com [203.38.21.91]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "", Issuer "Openwave Messaging Inc." (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 384A270A90 for ; Fri, 15 Jun 2018 14:26:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) Received: from smtp.telstra.com ([10.10.26.4]) by viclafep27p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au with ESMTP id <20180615142639.OFSK9562.viclafep27p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au@smtp.telstra.com> for ; Sat, 16 Jun 2018 00:26:39 +1000 X-RG-Spam: Unknown X-RazorGate-Vade-Verdict: clean 0 X-RazorGate-Vade-Classification: clean X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedthedrleeigdejtdcutefuodetggdotefrodftvfcurfhrohhfihhlvgemucfupfevtfgpvffgnffuvfftteenuceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucesvcftvggtihhpihgvnhhtshculddquddttddmnecujfgurhepfffhvffukfgfgggtsehttddttddtredvnecuhfhrohhmpeffrghvvgcujfhorhhsfhgrlhhluceouggrvhgvsehhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrgheqnecukfhppeduuddtrddugedurdduleefrddvfeefnecurfgrrhgrmhephhgvlhhopegrnhgvuhhrihhnrdhhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrghdpihhnvghtpeduuddtrddugedurdduleefrddvfeefpdhmrghilhhfrhhomhepoegurghvvgeshhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgqedprhgtphhtthhopeeofhhrvggvsghsugdqphhorhhtshesfhhrvggvsghsugdrohhrgheqnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptd X-RG-VS-CLASS: clean Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (110.141.193.233) by smtp.telstra.com (9.0.019.26-1) id 5B042799030A1AFA for freebsd-ports@freebsd.org; Sat, 16 Jun 2018 00:26:39 +1000 Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id w5FEQcXg083369 for ; Sat, 16 Jun 2018 00:26:38 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) Received: from localhost (dave@localhost) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) with ESMTP id w5FEQaqm083366 for ; Sat, 16 Jun 2018 00:26:38 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) X-Authentication-Warning: aneurin.horsfall.org: dave owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2018 00:26:36 +1000 (EST) From: Dave Horsfall To: FreeBSD Ports Subject: Of Git and M$ Message-ID: User-Agent: Alpine 2.21.999 (BSF 260 2018-02-26) X-GPG-Public-Key: http://www.horsfall.org/gpgkey.pub X-GPG-Fingerprint: 05B4 FFBC 0218 B438 66E0 587B EF46 7357 EF5E F58B X-Home-Page: http://www.horsfall.org/ X-Witty-Saying: "chmod 666 the_mode_of_the_beast" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2018 14:26:48 -0000 A related discussion reminded me of this: how would Microsoft's purchase of GitHub affect future development? After all, they'll get to call the shots...[*] The only good thing that came out of M$ is their RTF document format (used natively by the Mac's TextEdit utility, for example), which being plain ASCII can be edited directly if necessary (and I have). I've been looking at BitKeeper, for example, the author of which (Larry McEvoy) I happen to know from another mailing list. Apparently, converting from Git is as simple as: "git fast-export | bk fast-import". And no, before some here accuse me of being a shill for BK, I have nothing to do with the product whatsoever, other than as someone looking for an alternative to something now owned by M$ (and I've used just about everything since SCCS). [*] Remember their motto: "Embrace, extend, extinguish". -- Dave, who has been called paranoid before