--000feaed5d5f47d8980472c8f96b Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Eleanor McHugh < eleanor / games-with-brains.com> wrote: > The point I suspect that a lot of those pushing for the move to git are > missing is that the current core team are comfortable with SVN. There has to > be a compelling argument for how the change would support their existing > workflow but from what I've read the pressure is mainly about how git will > appeal to a broader community: a community that if it were really so keen > for extending development could already fork MRI and take the codebase in > new directions. > That has actually already happened with Ruby Enterprise Edition. I do not consider this a good thing. > > Ellie > > Eleanor McHugh > Games With Brains > http://slides.games-with-brains.net > ---- > raise ArgumentError unless @reality.responds_to? :reason > > > -- Yehuda Katz Developer | Engine Yard (ph) 718.877.1325 --000feaed5d5f47d8980472c8f96b Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 12:51 PM, EleanorcHugh <span dir="ltr"><eleanor / games-with-brains.com></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> The point I suspect that a lot of those pushing for the move to git are missing is that the current core team are comfortable with SVN. There has to be a compelling argument for how the change would support their existing workflow but from what I've read the pressure is mainly about how git willppeal to a broader community: a community that if it were really so keen for extending development could already fork MRI and take the codebase in new directions.<br> </blockquote><div><br></div><div>That has actually already happened with Ruby Enterprise Edition. I do not consider this a good thing.</div><div>/div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> <br> Ellie<br><font color="#888888"> <br> Eleanor McHugh<br> Games With Brains<br> <a href="http://slides.games-with-brains.net" target="_blank">http://slides.games-with-brains.net</a><br> ----<br> raise ArgumentError unless @reality.responds_to? :reason<br> <br> <br> </font></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Yehuda Katz<br>Developer | Engine Yard<br>(ph) 718.877.1325<br> --000feaed5d5f47d8980472c8f96b--