Subject: Re: [BK] upgrade will be needed
From: Lee Revell <rlrevell@joe-job.com>
To: Sean <seanlkml@sympatico.ca>
Cc: Ed Tomlinson <tomlins@cam.org>, Chris Friesen <cfriesen@nortel.com>,
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Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 18:54:43 -0500
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On Thu, 2005-02-17 at 18:32 -0500, Sean wrote:
> On Thu, February 17, 2005 6:25 pm, Ed Tomlinson said:
> > Linus has tried other SCMs.  They did not suffice.   I remember the preBK
> > days, when you had to post a patch half a dozen time to get it merged.
> > Patches were being missed left right and center.  This changed after BK.
> > We _are_ getting large benefits from BK.  They may be hard to see at our
> > side of the keyboard - but I believe Linus when he says BK is the best
> > tool for him.  That this probably will not be the case for ever.  Think
> > it still is for now though.
> 
> It's not a choice between BK or nothing.   Much of the improvements you're
> attributing to BK would have been realized with any other SCM system too.
> 

Ed did not say it was a choice between BK and nothing.  He said "Linus
has tried other SCMs.  They did not suffice."  Did you even read his
comment?

Please don't cc: me on this thread anymore, unless it's about some work
you did to bring BK functionality to a free SCM.

Lee

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