It's time to move forward. Github please! 2015-03-13 9:50 GMT+08:00 Guyzmo <[email protected]>:
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 09:53:58AM +0900, Andre Sihera wrote: > > On 13/03/15 03:41, LCD 47 wrote: > > >On 12 March 2015, Taro MURAOKA<[email protected]> wrote: > > >>> It is not difficult to migrate/sync the repository from mercurial > to git. > > >>> > We (vim-jp) have been maintaining a mirror on github already. > > >>> > https://github.com/vim-jp/vim > > > Please, don't start this again. Search the archives for the > > >previous Git vs. Mercurial pissing contests, and for why neither > > >actually matters.:) > > Seriously, is using that kind of flippant and arrogant remark the best > > argument you can come up with? > > it's neither flippant or arrogant, it's just referring to earlier > trolls^Wdiscussions that happened on the list that you can refer > to if you're interested in *why* mercurial is still the preference. > > > You may not like the fact, but it is a fact: Mercurial was the system > > chosen by a *previous* generation of Vim developers. While it has > > served the project well in the past, such tools represent neither the > > present nor the *future* because newer generations simply embrace what > > they know and what is relevant to their time (like Mercurial was to > > the generation that chose it). > > Hell… That's the most non-constructive, the most irrelevant, the most > inacurrate remark you could make. Yes, Mercurial is less popular than > git, but it's not a question of 'generation', both git and mercurial > were first released the *same* month: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercurial > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git_(software) > > The reason git gained more popularity is mostly because the linux kernel > is using it, and because github had more traction/popularity than other > online repository service. But technically speaking, mercurial and git > are both great. > > And in the end it all comes down to a question of taste. > > > Be it C# compared to C, the MP3 instead of the CD (or vinyl record), > > whatever. > > You're right, let's rewrite vim in C#, because C is of another > generation. > > -- > Guyzmo > > -- > -- > You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. > Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. > For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "vim_dev" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
