On Thu, February 17, 2005 6:25 pm, Ed Tomlinson said: >> Yes, I do remember that post. But i'm not arguing from an ideological >> basis; i'm arguing on practical grounds that the price of using BK is >> too >> high for its supposed benefits. I've not seen anyone else make that > > Huh? This ideology in my books.
No. It's about recognizing the needs of more people than just the few at the top. Besides, with a free tool at the Head, bk could continue to be used underneath by Linus and anyone else. And others in the community could use their preferred tools too. > 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. Cheers, Sean - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
