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wayward vagabond from homestuck: we should improve technology somewhat. well dweller: xkcd 927 “standards”

  • spudwart@spudwart.com
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    1 year ago

    A bad standard adds to the pile.

    A good standard crushes the pile.

    Example: Git and Linux.

    Proof: what are the other source management softwares? (Don’t mention Mercurial, that’s cheating).

    Also for Linux, it’s down to the license and history. Linux isn’t a bad investment because all commits directly to the kernel are given freely to all. And it’s not Unix. It doesn’t have the stain of AT&T and their sue happy ways. Also Linux dominates all computer markets except for user desktops. Servers, phones, application specific utilities, etc.

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      1 year ago

      I actually miss SVN. It had a lot of issues, yes, but the cognitive barrier was so much smaller. When I have a merge error in git, I basically just delete my repo and make a new one…

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        1 year ago

        Also, CVS, cvsup, both of which I’ve used in my early Linux years.

        And fossil – which is the revision control system sqlite uses and I kind of like :)

        • AVincentInSpace@pawb.social
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          1 year ago

          It is also the version control system that uses sqlite which is pretty cool as far as disk space and resiliency are concerned esp. as compared to Git.

          I don’t however like that it prides itself on not having any history rewriting features because I am kind of a fan of those. I like keeping embarrassing mistakes like a typo’d commit message or missing file out of my permanent commit history.