Re: source code (was: linux keycodes)


Subject: Re: source code (was: linux keycodes)
From: Samuel Rydh (samuel@ibrium.se)
Date: Mon Dec 18 2000 - 20:19:23 MST


On Mon, Dec 18, 2000 at 07:47:57PM -0500, R Shapiro wrote:
> dpates@dsdk12.net writes:
> > He _could_, and maybe he will at some point. But now, if you want a snap,
> > there's no use in complaining about how you can and can't get it.
>
> How exactly do you ever expect any progress unless someone
> "complains" (ie, points out true deficiencies)?
>
> > bk clone bk://waltari.theophys.kth.se:5000 mol/
>
> I did that, against my own better judgement, and I'm sorry I did. I
> had to give my address to bitkeeper.com in order to get their
> software, after which I found myself on one of their mailing lists.
> If this is gnu, than linux is Windows...
>
> Bitkeeper is a bad choice, it should be avoided by the gnu/linux
> community imho. Either way, uptodate read-only snapshots should be
> made available by some more standard means if at all possible.
>

Well, I think bitkeeper has some nice features compared to
CVS. Also, since BK is used for the ppc kernel quite a few
developers are familiar with it already. But I agree
there should be a way to obtain the latest snapshot without
using BK. When I get some time to spare, I'll add rsync
access.

/Samuel

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