Robert Burrell Donkin wrote: >> I will not mention the consequences of a centralized scm very >> intentionally. (: > > blaming the version control system is easy but misguilded
"very intentionally" meant it would have been anything but misguided. I hope you're not suggesting that the implications of a dev process or tool choice are negligible. > the apache development model is canonical, which determines the choice > of version control system. ..and that is exactly the fallacy that I did not want to expand on. And still don't want to, either (at least not here). > this choice of model is both philosophical > and practical. I never disputed that, either. :) > the apache software license is not reciprical and so > this means that contributions can only be accepted with oversight and > due legal process. only one version of the code will be approved for > release by the PMC as a canonically numbered version. All that makes sense, and for good reasons. It does not in any way contradict my observations. regards Holger PS: for those wondering about the potentially offensive subject line - there was supposed to be a "let's fix the present" that went missing. sorry about that.
