Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2020 18:46:42 +0000 From: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> To: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> Cc: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>, Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@freebsd.org>, Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, freebsd-git@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Plans for git (was: Please check the current beta git conversions) Message-ID: <20200903184642.GD7636@lonesome.com> In-Reply-To: <202009031840.083IeHel049492@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> References: <3DD3DA64-E353-4BC0-8F00-631F849E3D1E@gmail.com> <202009031840.083IeHel049492@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
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On Thu, Sep 03, 2020 at 11:40:17AM -0700, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > To the contrary 5 years ago the project on @developers basically > ran off one of the committers over the very idea of using git > for the project. It was shortly after I returned, so I find it > very ironic that now its all "git git git and we being heading > to this for 5 years...." Five years ago "all of my friends say that" was given as a fact, when it was actually an anecdote. That was why people (including myself) were opposed to it. Last year FreeBSD took a user survey. That contained data. And AFAIK that was the basis of the decision. Plus, the industry had changed in the ensuing 4 years. mcl
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