At 09:29 AM 9/4/00 -0400, Bradley M. Kuhn wrote:
>Ask Bjoern Hansen wrote:
>
> > the perl-qa people have some code they need to manage in a repository of
> > some kind. For now I have directed them to SourceForge, but I have a 100
> > users license for perforce I got for perl, so if we can get a quick
> > consensus that we might want to make a perl6 code infrastructure around
> > perforce then I'll go ahead and set it up.
>
>I would like to vote against perforce, because it is not free (as in
>freedom) software, and CVS is.
>
>I don't think it's a good idea to build Perl6 development infrastructure
>around non-free software.
I don't think we should make decisions about the software we use for
development based on political views. The decisions should be based on
technical merit and general availability.
>On a personal note, I would not be able to participate in Perl6 development
>if doing so required that I use perforce, because I have personal ethical
>beliefs that prohibit me from using free software. I may not be the only
>one.
The only requirements for perl 6 development above and beyond normal perl
building should be a unix-style diff creator. All the rest is a goodie, but
shouldn't be necessary.
>I realize that perforce has possible technical benefits, but I think it's
>better to (a) stick with CVS or (b) wait for Simon's perforce-on-CVS hack or
>(c) start with CVS, and add Simon's hack when it's available.
I'd rather not bet the development farm on any untested software. (Well,
besides perl 6... :) This isn't any judgement on Simon's abilities, I just
don't want to be debugging (and possibly regularly rebuilding) the source
repository at the same time we're trying to figure out where we whacked
perl. One wildly variable variable at a time, please... :)
Perforce is nice, works very well, is liked by a lot of folks doing perl
development now, and generally meets our needs. I don't see any reason why
we shouldn't use it.
Dan
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