From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "J.H." Subject: Re: gittorrent on /. Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:19:18 -0800 Message-ID: <1228425558.2666.90.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: david@lang.hm X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu Dec 04 22:21:19 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1L8Ld2-0007VT-4e for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:20:56 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755456AbYLDVT2 (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Dec 2008 16:19:28 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753532AbYLDVT2 (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Dec 2008 16:19:28 -0500 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([198.137.202.13]:42889 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755456AbYLDVT1 (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Dec 2008 16:19:27 -0500 Received: from [172.19.0.202] (c-67-164-30-157.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [67.164.30.157]) (authenticated bits=0) by shards.monkeyblade.net (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id mB4LJHXT019804 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 4 Dec 2008 13:19:17 -0800 In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.3 (2.12.3-5.fc8) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.7/8721/Thu Dec 4 05:26:10 2008 on shards.monkeyblade.net X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH authentication, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.1.12 (shards.monkeyblade.net [198.137.202.13]); Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:19:17 -0800 (PST) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: *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." > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html