On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 10:35 AM Eric S. Raymond <e...@thyrsus.com> wrote:
> Julian Foad <julianf...@apache.org>: > > not dwell on our sadness and criticism of what went before; let us try to > > keep this thread focused on positive solutions for what to do next. > It's all a matter of publicity. Git gets all the publicity because open source uses Git and open source happens in public. Subversion is applicable to business and other centrally organized entities. Some do their work in public; most don't. Subversion's centralized nature is actually a big strength in those situations -- and while I can go on about its technical superiorities, that's a subject for another thread. The point is that because there is no publicity, you don't see it, and neither do potential users or contributors. To Make Subversion Sexy Again there is a need for visibility and publicity -- Subversion evangelism. It starts with this community changing its thinking TODAY from "we're old and tired" to "we're sexy again." Talk about Subversion. Not just here. Everywhere. With everyone. Raise awareness about the strengths Subversion has today. Talk about Subversion 2.0 and all the wonderful things in it. Yes, even though it doesn't exist yet. Even if the present members of this community won't be the ones implementing it. Talk is cheap, yet it's a powerful thing. Every conversation increases the probability of piquing someone's interests and is a step toward attracting the new blood this community needs.