Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2018 16:34:19 +0200 From: Michael Gmelin <freebsd@grem.de> To: Dave Horsfall <dave@horsfall.org> Cc: FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Of Git and M$ Message-ID: <8A2D8184-3663-4950-A75E-70303CFA2EF0@grem.de> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.21.999.1806152337460.68981@aneurin.horsfall.org> References: <alpine.BSF.2.21.999.1806152337460.68981@aneurin.horsfall.org>
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> On 15. Jun 2018, at 16:26, Dave Horsfall <dave@horsfall.org> wrote: >=20 > A related discussion reminded me of this: how would Microsoft's purchase o= f GitHub affect future development? After all, they'll get to call the shot= s...[*] The only good thing that came out of M$ is their RTF document forma= t (used natively by the Mac's TextEdit utility, for example), which being pl= ain ASCII can be edited directly if necessary (and I have). >=20 > I've been looking at BitKeeper, for example, the author of which (Larry Mc= Evoy) I happen to know from another mailing list. Apparently, converting fr= om Git is as simple as: "git fast-export | bk fast-import". >=20 > And no, before some here accuse me of being a shill for BK, I have nothing= to do with the product whatsoever, other than as someone looking for an alt= ernative to something now owned by M$ (and I've used just about everything s= ince SCCS). >=20 github !=3D git > [*] > Remember their motto: "Embrace, extend, extinguish". >=20 > -- Dave, who has been called paranoid before > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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