From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christoph Hellwig Subject: Re: Core and Not-So Core Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 18:41:50 +0100 Message-ID: <20050510174150.GA2072@infradead.org> References: <2cfc40320505100800426d38ca@mail.gmail.com> <1115739511.16187.432.camel@hades.cambridge.redhat.com> <2cfc4032050510092238259b63@mail.gmail.com> <1115744609.16187.455.camel@hades.cambridge.redhat.com> <2cfc403205051010151304d88a@mail.gmail.com> <2cfc4032050510101553d391b2@mail.gmail.com> <1115745912.16187.468.camel@hades.cambridge.redhat.com> <2cfc4032050510103664ebef28@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: David Woodhouse , Git Mailing List X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue May 10 19:35:20 2005 Return-path: Received: from vger.kernel.org ([12.107.209.244]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DVYdA-0004RL-TI for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Tue, 10 May 2005 19:34:54 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261725AbVEJRmI (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 May 2005 13:42:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261723AbVEJRmI (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 May 2005 13:42:08 -0400 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:59034 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261722AbVEJRlx (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 May 2005 13:41:53 -0400 Received: from hch by pentafluge.infradead.org with local (Exim 4.43 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1DVYju-0000Yb-B2; Tue, 10 May 2005 18:41:50 +0100 To: jon@blackcubes.dyndns.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <2cfc4032050510103664ebef28@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Wed, May 11, 2005 at 03:36:29AM +1000, Jon Seymour wrote: > This might surprise you, but everything in the world is not a unix > command line. Using tools designed for use on a unix command line in a > highly interactive environment like Eclipse would produce an > abominably clunky result. The unix commandline is an highly interactive enviroment aswell, and supports scripting in addition :) > I have already explained all the pragmatic reasons for doing a GIT > implementation in Java but you are prepared to ignore all of those > reasons. You have ignored all these reasons rather than lift a finger > to compose a well-reasoned rebuttal. You tried to argue for re-inventing the wheel. Fortunately you are allowed to reinvent the wheel here (which isn't given anymore these days). Just don't expect any support from people who have been burnt by that before. And the Java world is re-inventing the wheel far to often - I suspect that'll be cured when the community gets more mature in a few years.. > Instead you cling to a dogmatic insistence that GIT respositories only > be accessed via the C toolsets. The C toolchain is a well-defined interface. One that makes a lot of sense.