On 02/17/2010 09:26 PM, Eli Barzilay wrote:
In the past two weeks or so I've read about git, and after the initial
dislike (lots of blunt anti-svn propaganda, which was effective in
keeping me away) I liked the idea of switching to it. Some related
points are below, but I'd like to only have a quick poll at this
stage, so no need to start a my-choice-is-better-than-your-choice
flamewar. Please reply to me with answers to these questions:
* On a scale of -10 to +10, how much do you want to switch to a
distributed system? (-10 => I really want to stay with svn;
+10 => I really want to switch; 0 => don't care.)
0
* What are your preferences for a distributed system? List them in
decreasing order of preference, or nothing if you don't care.
(Considering everything you know about the tool: some central hub
that uses it (like github or launchpad or whatever) and how well it
is managed, or lack of one, availability of tools on misc platforms
and how easy/hard it is to compile it, documentation of all kinds,
etc etc.)
'()
I will say that mercurial confused me at first because the installation
package is 'mercurial' but the command line program is 'hg'. Not that
this will sway anyone or anything, but its just something I thought of.
* On a scale of 0 to 10, how concrete+technical are your reasons for
having the above preference? (roughly, 0 => I asked my cat to
choose for me; 1 => it's popular; 2 => I used it once and liked it;
5 => I used it much and liked it; 8 => I know enough to make a well
informed choice and can write a page describing the advantages;
10 => I have used a number of systems and know exactly how they
work, and I'm very familiar with the plt workflow and why it fits my
choice, if you disagree I will flame you with excruciatingly long
emails listing all of the mistakes you're about to make.)
0, but it was a virtual cat :(
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