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Date: Thu, 22 May 2014 07:03:07 +0200
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Subject: Re: [9fans] CMS/MMS (VCS/SCM/DSCM) [was: syscall 53]
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> As we=E2=80=99ve managed to migrate towards the topic of version contro=
l
> systems, I have to add: I don=E2=80=99t like git.  Maybe it=E2=80=99s b=
ecause
> I=E2=80=99ve used darcs and hg so much more, or maybe it=E2=80=99s just=
 that I
> don=E2=80=99t like the way git is used in many situations.  But mostly
> I think it=E2=80=99s because I=E2=80=99ve found that many of the github=
 projects
> lose sight of what I think is the more important portion of
> the source history: the history and development process itself.

Thank you for the opened door, Jeff :-)

I've been mulling revision control (actually, strictly source control,
I have little interest in patching binaries, no matter what old tin can
they are fitted with[1]) and one novel idea that keeps nagging me without
quite settling in my head is the use of Plan 9's "proto" to record at
least part of the history.  Is this entirely original of me?  Is it
totally insane, or is there perceived merit in what my subconscious
keeps shouting at me?

++L

[1] See the original cover of Mike Oldfield's "Tubular Bells"