On Wed, 2007-09-19 at 21:01 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > I think in practice adoption drives portability more than the other way > around. I don't think CVS became popular because it was portable; Well, I think it became popular, because it had been and still IS lean, simple to use/administrate and matches the demands of most projects.
This doesn't necessarily apply to many other so-called "more advanced" SCMs. Some have portability issues, some are arkward to install/administrate, some have usability issues, some are immature, etc. ..., and what most of these deny, .... many projects don't actually need the "advanced features" these SCM's promise to provide. > You're right that all these new systems are exotic or complicated compared > to CVS. Right, but ... we will see if autoconf won't regret this move to git. IMO, this step at this point in time was premature. Ralf _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
