Re: Is the BitKeeper network protocol documented?

Andreas Dilger
2003-01-19T18:30:34Z

On Jan 18, 2003 15:22 +0100, Roman Zippel wrote:
> Larry McVoy wrote:
> > I guess I don't know how to help you. As far as I can tell, if Linus
> > wasn't using BK he'd still be doing what he was doing up until he started
> > using BK which means you wouldn't have the option of the up to date
> > snapshots you can currently get.
>
> IOW "You should be thankful for what I offer, if you don't like it, piss
> off!" Might not be what you've intended, but that's what I arrived here and
> I'm sure I'm not the only one.

That's what he intended, and rightfully so. You now have things you didn't
have before (i.e. hourly snapshots of Linus' tree) and you still aren't
happy. I guess some people will never be happy with anything, so there is
no point in trying to appease them.

Cheers, Andreas
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Andreas Dilger