On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 5:06 PM, Bruno Sutic <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Indeed, we haven't even seen *that* reason. All we've seen is "it makes > the vocal git users happy". I don't know why people keep saying "the > majority of vim users prefer git/github". This has in no way been > established. The "poll" this thread created shouldn't be assumed to be a > representative sample; it gets self-selected respondants, particularly of > two types: people who *really* get excited about git/github, and > curmudgeons who don't feel like changing without a compelling reason. For > all we know, the github-preferrers are merely a loud minority. For all we > know, the curmudgeons are a loud minority. People need to stop taking it > for granted that we know the majority of Vim users who clone repos want Vim > to go to github. > > > > > > -Manny > > Hey guys, > I'm strongly in favor of switching to github and using git. It will bring > huge benefits to the project in terms of "eyeballs" looking at the source > code, reporting bugs and getting involved in smaller tasks like testing & > trying out new code etc. > > Here's a couple objective arguments that back these statements: > - Comparison of trends for git vs mercurial: > http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=git%2C%20mercurial&cmpt=q&tz= > > - Comparison of github vs bitbucket trends: > http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=github%2C%20bitbucket&cmpt=q&tz= > > - lastly, it has been mentioned a couple times vim plugin community is > already on github. The objective statement that proves this: github > currently has 42,636 vim related repositories, bitbucket has only 1652 > (this is based on a simple search for "vim" on both github and bitbucket). The trend comparison has nothing to do with Vim users ("Vim users" is the relevant class, not "computer users" or "developers of something or other"). And the home of Vim plugins has nothing to do with anything. -Manny -- -- 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.
