Hi Daniel, On Sat, Aug 24, 2019 at 8:53 PM Daniel Shahaf <[email protected]> wrote:
> Shlomi Fish wrote on Sat, 24 Aug 2019 10:32 +00:00: > > On Fri, Aug 23, 2019 at 12:30 PM Efraim Flashner <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Alternatively, for anyone wishing to remain using mercurial, sourcehut > > > offers hosting of hg repositories. And has a "come on over from > > > bitbucket" script. > > > > > > https://hg.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/invertbucket > > > > > > > [...] git established itself as the golden standard for now > > Yes, that's a good point: when deciding on a version control system, > choosing a more popular one means that (all else being equal) the > average new contributor would have a lower learning curve. > > This point is applicable to any shared resource: for example, the > programming language of choice, build dependencies, etc. > I don't fully agree (see https://www.shlomifish.org/humour/fortunes/show.cgi?id=two-kinds-of-fools and https://shlomif.livejournal.com/11889.html ) but regading git I feel that all other DVCSes are either not much better to be worth using instead or otherwise have significant drawbacks (see http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Apps/vcs.html ) to not be worth the trouble of using instead (unless you are involved in a project that uses one). And git is, albeit not perfect, good, and is FOSS, so I feel I can trust it (see https://www.shlomifish.org/philosophy/computers/open-source/not-trust-non-FOSS/ ). -- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ Buddha has the Chuck Norris nature. Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply .
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