Re: [ANNOUNCE] BK->CVS (real time mirror)

Jeff Garzik
2003-03-17T17:53:43Z

On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 06:46:43PM +0100, Daniel Phillips wrote:
> On Mon 17 Mar 03 02:18, Roman Zippel wrote:
> > you only get all the data, if you use bk. One of the arguments for the
> > move to bk was that the format was open and the data wasn't locked in.
>
> Being seen to keep the promise would be the benefit to BitMover. Personally,
> I no longer hold any hope of that - the migration to increasingly proprietary
> formats and secret/patented protcols will be inexorable.

$subject proves you wrong. cvs is an open format, and open protocol.

We hope to have cset retrieval via http available soon, too.

> Hence, no more
> flaming, just doing.

Larry seems to be the only one 'doing', ATM. :)

Jeff