Alexander Berntsen posted on Mon, 13 May 2013 14:42:58 +0200 as excerpted: > On 13/05/13 14:38, Greg KH wrote: [ Reinserting original quote of Alexander Berntsen ] >>> A lot of projects (including Linux) just use GitHub for hosting >>> and nothing else. >>> >> Linux does not use GitHub for anything, but a lot of users do use the >> copy of the kernel tree on GitHub for their own development, which has >> nothing to do with the main Linux kernel developer workflow. > > I misremembered a discussion Linus had in which he said GitHub was great > for hosting (but terrible for stuff like commit messages). Thanks for > correcting me. > > My point about using GitHub for hosting only still stands.
Greg KH, like I originally did, may have taken the original quote with quite a different meaning than you intended. I originally parsed the quote as: Linux uses nothing else but github ... when you apparently meant... Linux uses github (purely) for hosting (that is as a mirror), not for anything other functions. I was /this/ close <fingers held close together> to posting an objection, when from reading the replies I realized the latter meaning was apparently intended, not the former. It would appear that Greg KH parsed the former meaning as well, and replied as I /almost/ did. It's probably good to clear up the possible misunderstanding either way, tho, lest any rumors get started about "the next bitkeeper" and having a big-name kernel guy refuting that is about the best way possible to do so. -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman
