From: Robert Dober <robert.dober@...>
Date: 2007-03-19T19:12:30+09:00
Subject: Re: Why SVN?

On 3/14/07, Brian Mitchell <binary42@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3/14/07, Austin Ziegler <halostatue@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 3/12/07, Trans <transfire@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Should I be using SVN rather than Darcs or Git?
> >
> > Yes.
> >
> > Darcs and Git are distributed version control systems without much
> > proven technology behind them, and are painfully Unix-oriented.
> >
> > > So I'm wondering, what's so special about SVN as opposed to the other
> > > choices? Is it because SVN is more like CVS than the other choices?
> > > The fact that SVN isn't distributed I would think would work against
> > > it (though I hear SVK is supposed to deal with that). Darcs is written
> > > in Haskell, and from the word on the street a lot of Ruby folk seem to
> > > like Haskell. Also, Git was written by Linus Torvalds, which is about
> > > as good as credentials can get.
> >
> > Quality in kernel management doesn't mean his version control system
> > is any good. I'm not saying it's bad -- at all -- but the credentials
> > don't transfer there.
> >
> > Distributed systems fit very few development models.
> >
> > -austin
>
> I can't resist replying to this troll. I call FUD on the "distributed
> version control systems without much proven technology behind them"
> claim until we get details. I'd really like to hear why you think you
> have a winner just because something is different. It's obvious you
> think you have a great reason to feel strongly about using Subversion.
> I think it is only fair that you share why if you plan on telling
> people such absolutes. So please, enlighten me.
>
> Brian.
>
>
Austin a TROLL??? Well maybe he has adopted a troll like language but
I believe that you should see the context of all his contributions.

I defend him because I dislike him a lot and I find his Unix hatery
quite boring.
BUT he is a very valuable contributor.

So consider twice putting him into your kill file.

And yes of course Austin you have the right to holler at me, I was
quite harsh...

-- 
You see things; and you say Why?
But I dream things that never were; and I say Why not?
-- George Bernard Shaw