Re: [BK] upgrade will be needed
From: Lee Revell
Date: Thu Feb 17 2005 - 18:57:54 EST
On Thu, 2005-02-17 at 18:32 -0500, Sean wrote:
> On Thu, February 17, 2005 6:25 pm, Ed Tomlinson said:
> > Linus has tried other SCMs. They did not suffice. I remember the preBK
> > days, when you had to post a patch half a dozen time to get it merged.
> > Patches were being missed left right and center. This changed after BK.
> > We _are_ getting large benefits from BK. They may be hard to see at our
> > side of the keyboard - but I believe Linus when he says BK is the best
> > tool for him. That this probably will not be the case for ever. Think
> > it still is for now though.
>
> It's not a choice between BK or nothing. Much of the improvements you're
> attributing to BK would have been realized with any other SCM system too.
>
Ed did not say it was a choice between BK and nothing. He said "Linus
has tried other SCMs. They did not suffice." Did you even read his
comment?
Please don't cc: me on this thread anymore, unless it's about some work
you did to bring BK functionality to a free SCM.
Lee
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