From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: Monotone workflow compared to Git workflow ( was RE: Git vs Monotone) Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:59:34 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: References: <63BEA5E623E09F4D92233FB12A9F79430238A5EE@emailmn.mqsoftware.com> <20080801025024.GA18529@anvil.corenet.prv> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: "Craig L. Ching" , sverre@rabbelier.nl, Git Mailinglist To: Dmitry Torokhov X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri Aug 01 06:00:42 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 1KOloo-0005oi-5g for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:00:42 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751371AbYHAD7l (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:59:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751135AbYHAD7l (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:59:41 -0400 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:46613 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750823AbYHAD7k (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:59:40 -0400 Received: from imap1.linux-foundation.org (imap1.linux-foundation.org [140.211.169.55]) by smtp1.linux-foundation.org (8.14.2/8.13.5/Debian-3ubuntu1.1) with ESMTP id m713xZoN026168 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:59:36 -0700 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by imap1.linux-foundation.org (8.13.5.20060308/8.13.5/Debian-3ubuntu1.1) with ESMTP id m713xY8o027787; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:59:34 -0700 In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Alpine 1.10 (LFD 962 2008-03-14) X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.405 required=5 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.4-osdl_revision__1.47__ X-MIMEDefang-Filter: lf$Revision: 1.188 $ X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.63 on 140.211.169.13 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Thu, 31 Jul 2008, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > Well, the difference really is the beefy box. Btw, the fact that I have a beefy box really wasn't the point. The fact that I can build the kernel three times quicker than I can build the git documentation _was_ kind of the point. A lot of projects have horrible build rules - makefiles that don't parallelize well or just tools that suck dead baby donkeys through a straw. I often get the feeling that I can compile the kernel faster than I can run "./configure" on most of the other projects I ever compile. So I'd heartily encourage projects to try to make their build lean and mean. It actually then allows you to be more efficient, and gives the option of using more efficient development models, where "use multiple branches in the same tree" is just one example of that. Of course, I have to admit that git itself isn't exactly a stellar example. I can compile git itself in basically zero time, but those docs really take a loooong time. Just one more reason for me to stay away from documentation. Linus