From: "J.H." <warthog19@eaglescrag.net>
To: david@lang.hm
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: gittorrent on /.
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:19:18 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1228425558.2666.90.camel@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.1.10.0812041313270.7145@asgard.lang.hm>
*sighs* the slashdot commentators make me sad! Bonus points to whoever
got the comments up about "MirrorSync" up on the GitTorrent page.
- John 'Warthog9' Hawley
On Thu, 2008-12-04 at 13:15 -0800, david@lang.hm wrote:
> lots of misinformation in here (including the implication that gittorrent
> is ready, or nearly ready to use).
>
> David Lang
>
> http://tech.slashdot.org/tech/08/12/04/1625226.shtml
>
> Political and Technical Implications of GitTorrent
> Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday December 04, @01:03PM
> from the distribute-this-sucka dept.
> Programming Media
> lkcl writes "The GitTorrent Protocol (GTP) is a protocol for collaborative
> git repository distribution across the Internet. Git promises to be a
> distributed software management tool, where a repository can be
> distributed. Yet, the mechanisms used to date to actually 'distribute,'
> such as ssh, are very much still centralized. GitTorrent makes Git truly
> distributed. The initial plans are for reducing mirror loading, however
> the full plans include totally distributed development: no central mirrors
> whatsoever. PGP signing (an existing feature of git) and other
> web-of-trust-based mechanisms will take over from protocols on ports (e.g.
> ssh) as the access control 'clearing house.' The implications of a truly
> distributed revision control system are truly staggering: unrestricted
> software freedom. The playing field is leveled in so many ways, as 'The
> Web Site' no longer becomes the central choke-point of control. Coming
> just in time for that all-encompassing Free Software revolution hinted at
> by The Rebellion Against Vista, this article will explain more fully some
> of the implications that make this quiet and technically brilliant
> project, GitTorrent, so important to Software Freedom, from both technical
> and political perspectives."
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