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Subject: Re: A modest proposal -- We need a patch penguin
To: zippel@linux-m68k.org (Roman Zippel)
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 15:31:47 +0000 (GMT)
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> I don't care what Linus uses, but Linus decision should not lock other
> developers into using the same tools, e.g. it should not become
> inconvenient to send simple patches. The basic communication tools should
> still be mail and patches. What we IMO need is a patch management system
> not a source management system.

Thats been promised long back. And Linus said many times both in mail and
in person that if he started using bitkeeper he wouldnt force others to do
so.

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