BK is not heaven, sure [Was: Re: Bitkeeper]

J.A. Magallon
2003-07-18T22:14:40Z

On 07.19, Svein Ove Aas wrote:
[...]
>
> Summa summarum:
> Having a Free CVS is good.
> Having a useful BitKeeper is sometimes better.
> Having a Free CVS with all the features of BK would be best.
>

Oh, please, stop thinking BitKeeper is the best thing since sliced bread !!!
I have never used BK. I just use CVS as client. I have not looked at SVN.
BK sure surpasses every other SCM tool.
But please, stop thinking about BK clones, BK features, all BK.

As I read in some posts in this thread, people is doing useful work on
a free SCM. Could you all put your efforts on generating a list of
features/requirements you would like for a SCM system specialized for kernel
development, and send them to the developers, instead of arguing about
legal impact of reverse-engineering BK. And let the developers think about
protocols, work flow, ways to do things, and so on. They can find a way
not even similiar to the BK one, and even better...

That way perhaps in one year you could suck data from BK and at least try
a new system...

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