Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2018 08:55:02 -0700 From: "Chris H" <portmaster@BSDforge.com> To: "Dave Horsfall" <dave@horsfall.org> Cc: "FreeBSD Ports" <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Of Git and M$ Message-ID: <bdf932b54f454253d2a3898feffdf884@udns.ultimatedns.net> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.21.999.1806152337460.68981@aneurin.horsfall.org>
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On Sat, 16 Jun 2018 00:26:36 +1000 (EST) "Dave Horsfall" <dave@horsfall=2Eorg= > said > A related discussion reminded me of this: how would Microsoft's purchase= =20 > of GitHub affect future development? After all, they'll get to call the= =20 > shots=2E=2E=2E[*] The only good thing that came out of M$ is their RTF documen= t=20 > format (used natively by the Mac's TextEdit utility, for example), which= =20 > being plain ASCII can be edited directly if necessary (and I have)=2E >=20 > I've been looking at BitKeeper, for example, the author of which (Larry= =20 > McEvoy) I happen to know from another mailing list=2E Apparently,=20 > converting from Git is as simple as: "git fast-export | bk fast-import"=2E >=20 > And no, before some here accuse me of being a shill for BK, I have nothin= g=20 > to do with the product whatsoever, other than as someone looking for an= =20 > alternative to something now owned by M$ (and I've used just about=20 > everything since SCCS)=2E Thanks, Dave=2E I had intended to bring up similar dialog, when I discovered = the announcement=2E Not a big loss to me, as I've always been more of a GitLab fa= n=2E But hadn't looked at BitKeeper=2E Thanks for the reference! --Chris >=20 > [*] > Remember their motto: "Embrace, extend, extinguish"=2E >=20 > -- Dave, who has been called paranoid before > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd=2Eorg mailing list > https://lists=2Efreebsd=2Eorg/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd=2Eorg"
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