Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262134AbVBJPNU (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Feb 2005 10:13:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262136AbVBJPNU (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Feb 2005 10:13:20 -0500 Received: from sd291.sivit.org ([194.146.225.122]:29590 "EHLO sd291.sivit.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262134AbVBJPNR (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Feb 2005 10:13:17 -0500 Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 16:14:58 +0100 From: Stelian Pop To: James Bruce Cc: Roman Zippel , Larry McVoy , Nicolas Pitre , Jon Smirl , tytso@mit.edu, Francois Romieu , lkml Subject: Re: [RFC] Linux Kernel Subversion Howto Message-ID: <20050210151457.GD3493@crusoe.alcove-fr> Reply-To: Stelian Pop Mail-Followup-To: Stelian Pop , James Bruce , Roman Zippel , Larry McVoy , Nicolas Pitre , Jon Smirl , tytso@mit.edu, Francois Romieu , lkml References: <20050209184629.GR22893@bitmover.com> <20050209235312.GA25351@bitmover.com> <420AFA54.9000204@andrew.cmu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <420AFA54.9000204@andrew.cmu.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 980 Lines: 23 On Thu, Feb 10, 2005 at 01:08:20AM -0500, James Bruce wrote: > Roman, please give up on importing 100% of the history. There's no > point arguing something if you already know what the other person's > answer will be. Larry will not change his mind under any currently > foreseeable circumstances. Yes, there is "meta-data lockin" whether > anyone at BitMover will admit it or not, but no that will not change. > > Linux survived in the past without much history, and if a replacement > arrives, people can make the switch even with a degraded history. In > very little time that switchover would seem as remote as the pre-BK > times are now. Nice conclusion to this thread. Stelian. -- Stelian Pop - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/