linux-next on github

Posted Sep 19, 2011 17:00 UTC (Mon) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523)
Parent article: linux-next on github

So, distributed version control systems really do work? :)

It's nice to see that the kernel community can work around infrastructure problems. What's next, Google+ in case LKML servers fail?

linux-next on github

Posted Sep 19, 2011 22:02 UTC (Mon) by proski (subscriber, #104) [Link] (1 responses)

Subscribing to our esteemed editor's page in case it happens. It's very frustrating to have Linux development disrupted for so long. The only upside I can think of is that kernel hackers are bringing their expertise to non-kernel projects in the meantime, such as their favorite development tools.

linux-next on github

Posted Sep 20, 2011 3:55 UTC (Tue) by martinfick (subscriber, #4455) [Link]

I suspect that it actually means that many of the lieutenants are getting an opportunity to code for Linux themselves a little more, instead of mostly reviewing and merging patches. They might be able to quietly tackle some of the harder stuff that always gets put off, maybe even some of the stuff that only they can tackle!

linux-next on github

Posted Sep 20, 2011 5:49 UTC (Tue) by tzafrir (subscriber, #11501) [Link] (5 responses)

I very much hope not. I wonder what will be the git of Google Plus.

linux-next on github

Posted Sep 20, 2011 17:10 UTC (Tue) by bronson (subscriber, #4806) [Link] (4 responses)

If it inspires Andrew Tridgell to violate Google+'s questionable terms of contract ("Google has determined that the name 'Tridge' does not comply with proper naming standards"), forcing Linus to write a G+ that is actually worth a damn, then please please oh please let this happen!

Objections to git?

Posted Sep 22, 2011 16:24 UTC (Thu) by vonbrand (subscriber, #4458) [Link] (3 responses)

What do you object to in (current!) git?

The above is not meant to be a tease, it is genuine curiosity. I first used RCS for a smallish project of mine (a half dozen files of code and some two dozen specification files to be processed by said code), and found it adequate for my limited needs but lacking. Then I tried to wrap my head around CVS and SVN, and failed. Next came BitKeeper, which I made friends with, and now I couldn't live without git; I used it to follow upstreams in SVN (but all of them moved on to git since, fortunately). I find git's model quite intuitive (but maybe my brain is wired all wrong...), and I just can't get myself to use a GUI with it except for history browsing (gitk).

Objections to git?

Posted Sep 22, 2011 20:06 UTC (Thu) by jrn (subscriber, #64214) [Link]

> What do you object to in (current!) git?

That it's a version control system instead of a Facebook alternative with better privacy features.

Objections to git?

Posted Sep 22, 2011 20:25 UTC (Thu) by mathstuf (subscriber, #69389) [Link]

> and I just can't get myself to use a GUI with it except for history browsing (gitk).

Have you tried tig[1]? ;)

[1]http://jonas.nitro.dk/tig/

Objections to git?

Posted Sep 23, 2011 2:00 UTC (Fri) by bronson (subscriber, #4806) [Link]

I love git! It's fundamentally truly awesome with a few minor UI glitches. That's why I hope (tongue in cheek) that Linus rewrites Google+ in the same vein.

Maybe "G+" read as Git?