>>>>> "vichy" == vichy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
vichy> Dear all: Right now the kernel and Xorg is maintained by git
vichy> rather than SVN or CVS. Would someone tell me the reason why
vichy> the kernel repository uses git? Thanks a lot, vichy
Linus decided to use Git instead of SVN or CVS because:
1. Git is distributed version control, which is exactly the situation
for linux kernel development. Developers are all around the world, there
is no central server for the source code. Someone has a fast internet,
others may only have Modem. If check out and check in are locally
operations, it will be better.
2. Git is fast than svn and cvs as to linux kernel source. (Though right
now I don't have any benchmark.)
Though, the principles are a little bit confused for newbie. :)
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