Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 24 Oct 2004 10:48:58 -0700 (PDT) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: BK kernel workflow |
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On Sun, 24 Oct 2004, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > So BK helps this model, because the distributed nature of BK means that > you can have several pseudo-official trees _and_ totally unofficial > ones, and merging is automatic and basically impossible to avoid, so > the "official" tree never gets to drown out the unofficial work. But > despite that, I want to make people _aware_ that maintainership does > not imply total ownership, and that we don't have a "hierarchy" of > developers but a *network* of developers.
Btw, I've tried in the past to express why I think the BK model is so good, and why CVS ans Subversion totally suck, and I think the previous email perhaps explains it best.
It really is a very important conceptual thing, that "network" vs "hierarchy" difference. And I know we all love bashing Larry, but give the guy a pat on the back for really making that difference visible.
[ Larry removed from the cc, because he's got ego enough as it is ;]
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