Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262213AbVBQE6V (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Feb 2005 23:58:21 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262215AbVBQE6U (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Feb 2005 23:58:20 -0500 Received: from thunk.org ([69.25.196.29]:57500 "EHLO thunker.thunk.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262213AbVBQE6G (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Feb 2005 23:58:06 -0500 Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 23:57:43 -0500 From: "Theodore Ts'o" To: Clemens Schwaighofer Cc: Olivier Galibert , kernel@crazytrain.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [BK] upgrade will be needed Message-ID: <20050217045743.GB6115@thunk.org> Mail-Followup-To: Theodore Ts'o , Clemens Schwaighofer , Olivier Galibert , kernel@crazytrain.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20050214020802.GA3047@bitmover.com> <58cb370e05021404081e53f458@mail.gmail.com> <20050214150820.GA21961@optonline.net> <20050214154015.GA8075@bitmover.com> <7579f7fb0502141017f5738d1@mail.gmail.com> <20050214185624.GA16029@bitmover.com> <1108469967.3862.21.camel@crazytrain> <42131637.2070801@tequila.co.jp> <20050216154321.GB34621@dspnet.fr.eu.org> <4213E141.5040407@tequila.co.jp> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4213E141.5040407@tequila.co.jp> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 827 Lines: 18 On Thu, Feb 17, 2005 at 09:11:45AM +0900, Clemens Schwaighofer wrote: > > first. what kind of advantages does bk have over other svn? Seriously. > If Apache can use it, and gcc might use it (again two very large > projects), what makes linux so differetnt that it can't. Compare the number of developers, the number of overlapping simultaneous development trees, and the number of patches that touch overlapping files, and you'll begin to start to appreciate the difference between a system that can work for Linux, and a system that can working for simpler projects. - Ted - 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/