No-one expects the GNU arch citation [LWN.net]

No-one expects the GNU arch citation

Posted Jun 1, 2004 12:40 UTC (Tue) by pdc (subscriber, #1353)
In reply to: Subversion: The new-generation CVS (DevChannel) by lonely_bear
Parent article: Subversion: The new-generation CVS (DevChannel)

Yes, we know that GNU 'arch' exists as well. We know because every single article about a source-code control system gets a comment citing GNU 'arch', which in turn grows a thread irrelevant to the article at hand.

Can I suggest that LWN add a disclaimer to all articles mentioning Subversion et al. to the effect of "There is also a system called GNU arch"?

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No-one expects the GNU arch citation

Posted Jun 3, 2004 7:27 UTC (Thu) by Peter (guest, #1127) [Link]

There are just certain pairings that, in popular media and talkback forums, are never allowed to remain separate. When was the last time you heard about "Linux on the desktop" without prominent mention of Microsoft? Has there ever been anything published about Gnome or KDE - written by a third party, outside the actual Gnome or KDE camps - that did not mention the other? Have you ever seen an article about open source software beyond the Linux kernel, that did not mention Apache?