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Linus codes up a patch manager

Linus codes up a patch manager

Posted Apr 8, 2005 15:48 UTC (Fri) by brianomahoney (subscriber, #6206)
Parent article: Linus codes up a patch manager

Bravo, this clearly provides an __exit_strategy__.

It also demonstrates that you do not need 100 may years coding to come
up with an effective solution. This is original and innovative, and combined
with existing SCMs, is seminal and may be the beginings of a tool as useful
as Wall's patch.


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Linus codes up a patch manager

Posted Apr 11, 2005 19:48 UTC (Mon) by kevinbsmith (guest, #4778) [Link]

This is very interesting. Each day that goes by makes it look more and more like 'git' could be the next kernel SCM, at least on an interim basis.

I haven't looked too closely, but it sure looks like a snapshot-based solution rather than a changeset-based solution. Monotone started out as the former, but moved to the latter. I think there is some consensus that changeset-orientation is superior.

I do wonder whether spending several days on git is the most effective use of Linus's time. But I guess if he's having fun, who am I to judge?

Linus codes up a patch manager

Posted Apr 12, 2005 0:09 UTC (Tue) by hppnq (subscriber, #14462) [Link]

I haven't been looking at it too closely, but doesn't git seem to be a nice candidate for a monotone backend?

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