Re: BK kernel workflow

Michael Buesch
2004-10-24T18:39:40Z

Quoting Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>:
>
> On Sun, 24 Oct 2004, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> >
> > So BK helps this model, because the distributed nature of BK means that
> > you can have several pseudo-official trees _and_ totally unofficial
> > ones, and merging is automatic and basically impossible to avoid, so
> > the "official" tree never gets to drown out the unofficial work. But
> > despite that, I want to make people _aware_ that maintainership does
> > not imply total ownership, and that we don't have a "hierarchy" of
> > developers but a *network* of developers.
>
> Btw, I've tried in the past to express why I think the BK model is so
> good, and why CVS ans Subversion totally suck, and I think the previous
> email perhaps explains it best.

What do kernel developers think about svk?
(Yes, it's not mature, yet.)
I mean the svk concept. Does it also suck for kernel development?

> It really is a very important conceptual thing, that "network" vs
> "hierarchy" difference. And I know we all love bashing Larry, but give
> the guy a pat on the back for really making that difference visible.
>
> [ Larry removed from the cc, because he's got ego enough as it is ;]

;)

> Linus

Michael.