From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 69a36334 for ; Wed, 28 Aug 2019 20:06:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 112919BDD8; Thu, 29 Aug 2019 06:06:29 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3FE99BD3C; Thu, 29 Aug 2019 06:06:13 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="WhVDaznz"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id B25E79BD3C; Thu, 29 Aug 2019 06:06:11 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-lj1-f174.google.com (mail-lj1-f174.google.com [209.85.208.174]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F05599BCD0 for ; Thu, 29 Aug 2019 06:06:10 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-lj1-f174.google.com with SMTP id u15so781022ljl.3 for ; Wed, 28 Aug 2019 13:06:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=vvdDumRLOjgRmIOyIUidCMfMNwVC0cfYp/v6py6FW7w=; b=WhVDaznzj0NABOYsUkJmbY4kOXOjHYJNKjdMnOiA5226pSBSB2G/hucuSNRmOozZRz B6OUhQpVDh9yUWgQOfDaWYTdc2kBOpAZ1KuZJuIJp566uWZnZbCkAySWtVSwg2URzlX/ fKK6qNAtY7dqZ5p7oPLh729zo1p/i1TQKjYYzVOhEfSlMTXv1uH2qclX0BlmQ8TtSsLU n6zei5dAPgxCKLwm97eljSo5ZmfY6adxBcyQ/Y2Z2YNgeWxSBMRm7awuILlEmZZ/jXLG WW8vrCez49PfwIjoHrKXOGNDxp347+NIsYmW8fgRap4cZPGS/Miy6E2sosH/Ub4Xr0mZ Slyw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=vvdDumRLOjgRmIOyIUidCMfMNwVC0cfYp/v6py6FW7w=; b=DqOg0Mg5MduRmQEmLEuEvRj5ZUBvvWiyTgW/NVVhUwPP2XHmVsTlBE3E2/rF9KSixG lmxB/p60854rrkEJzyQXQrH9NGpQvv14sMiIfMQ1F32laRVeIfYqJBvpgE/ROnf8wIjG 1bMTJrU8+LaKXgdLDLpNqY0evX8gt0/GyhRcZDcS6gHTFX8AAZzT9EDqJu0urN6JDj4t IPGkTxjNtSfDMqJhOohkgMIN9Vf+gXs0NrnsuwiN8oD6/oTD0mn6yJrJzY4Oza2tZghv 7zT0J7HQeQ9hRGWaOEb8JXy+JJ3vD0b8Z70M1c2CdFU3iEj/O+TW3Zfael6RbpqGFrwn AjTQ== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAXN0yFmQc/4U00kpvTfbj7CRiUIpN9hdaX8CpaWPJ/jKohd9vQB QOIAixA3gYheL25xaY/hcf8D0NdkC++oPEi1G7U= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqxy5W/WKCN3Ija6j9gzji6ryL4a+wmytBAKi6HL0xl6nlZRezcDavrK8wRtbBZa/AWveaqcYTgBsjorBZvflCk= X-Received: by 2002:a2e:1518:: with SMTP id s24mr2850795ljd.205.1567022769281; Wed, 28 Aug 2019 13:06:09 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <13c5c36e-c84d-e020-d09e-51c8c502dc6d@kilonet.net> <20190828195447.GF75146@server.rulingia.com> In-Reply-To: <20190828195447.GF75146@server.rulingia.com> From: Christopher Browne Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 16:05:56 -0400 Message-ID: To: Peter Jeremy Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000849ead059132ebf4" Subject: Re: [TUHS] If not Linux, then what? X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: TUHS main list Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --000000000000849ead059132ebf4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Wed, 28 Aug 2019 at 15:55, Peter Jeremy wrote: > On 2019-Aug-28 11:37:51 -0400, Richard Salz wrote: > >I think the biggest difference would have been no git and therefore no > >github, etc. > > But there are other open SCM tools and it's likely there would be another > site serving similar functionality. As an example. Google offered a > code-sharing site for many years. > I was not a particularly early adopter of Git; I was already a couple years into usage of darcs. A one-time colleage, Graydon Hoare, was one of the designers of Monotone, which definitely influenced Git. (He's more recently known for the Rust language, and presently works at Apple on their Swift language.) Arch, Bazaar (bzr), Mercurial (hg), Codeville were also out there at the time. It's rather interesting that Git happened to "win" that particular war; there were various DSCM systems with similar (and dissimilar) capabilities emerging in around 2003-2005. Various were reasonably "production worthy." Indeed, it's quite fair to say that at the time Git emerged, there was a very active set of competing distributed SCMs out there. -- When confronted by a difficult problem, solve it by reducing it to the question, "How would the Lone Ranger handle this?" --000000000000849ead059132ebf4 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


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On Wed, 28 Aug 2019 at 15:55, Peter J= eremy <peter@rulingia.com> = wrote:
On 2019-A= ug-28 11:37:51 -0400, Richard Salz <rich.salz@gmail.com> wrote:
>I think the biggest difference would have been no git and therefore no<= br> >github, etc.

But there are other open SCM tools and it's likely there would be anoth= er
site serving similar functionality.=C2=A0 As an example. Google offered a code-sharing site for many years.

I was= not a particularly early adopter of Git; I was already a couple years into= usage of darcs.

A one-time colleage, Graydon Hoar= e, was one of the designers of Monotone, which definitely influenced Git.= =C2=A0 (He's more recently known for the Rust language, and presently w= orks at Apple on their Swift language.)=C2=A0 Arch, Bazaar (bzr), Mercurial= (hg), Codeville were also out there at the time.

= It's rather interesting that Git happened to "win" that parti= cular war; there were various DSCM systems with similar (and dissimilar) ca= pabilities emerging in around 2003-2005.=C2=A0 Various were reasonably &quo= t;production worthy."

Indeed, it's qu= ite fair to say that at the time Git emerged, there was a very active set o= f competing distributed SCMs out there.
--
When confronted by a difficult problem, solve= it by reducing it to the
question, "How would the Lone Ranger hand= le this?"
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