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Interview with Tom Lord of Arch Revision System

Posted by michael on from the call-him-lord dept.

comforteagle writes "Every revision control system has its supporters and detractors, but none is as polar as Arch. Either you hate it or think it is the best thing in revision control ever. Built more around what our beloved kernel hackers use (BK), Arch is definitely a departure from CVS and Subversion. I've interviewed Tom Lord, Arch's daddy, about the application, and he has some -ahem- interesting answers and opinions."

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  1. I'm left out... by Three+Headed+Man · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Every revision control system has its supporters and detractors, but none is as polar as Arch. Either you hate it or think it is the best thing in revision control ever."

    They forget those of us who have never heard of it before.

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    1. Re:I'm left out... by themassiah · · Score: 4, Funny

      Since when has being completely uninformed stopped any Slashdot readers from making informed opinions and spreading them around?

      You must be new here.

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    2. Re:I'm left out... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      What is it with version control and asshats? It's like they're attracted to each other or something. I doubt anyone would deny McVoy is an asshat, and Tom Lord certainly hasn't seen daylight in years do to his choice in rectal headwear. The SVN devlopers can be asshats from time to time. I'm not sure if the CVS authors are asshats, but they're probably dead by now anyway. A ClearCase developer punched a baby once (in his defense, the baby was being kind of a dick).

      I rest my case. Version control makes asshats out of people.

  2. Shouldn't headline read by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Interview with Tom, Lord of Arch Revision System

    1. Re:Shouldn't headline read by lukewarmfusion · · Score: 4, Funny

      Should someone be welcoming our new ArchLord?

  3. How to download the source: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    # cd /usr/src
    # export CVSROOT=:pserver:anoncvs@cvs.gnuarch.org:/usr/cvsr oot
    # cvs login - the password is anoncvs.
    # cvs checkout arch

  4. Tact? by keiferb · · Score: 4, Funny

    This guy should go into politics! His brain-mouth cable has no filter on it. It'd be nice to hear politicians describe their colleagues' bills as "a horrible, horrible design based on a few very good ideas" or "clunky junk".

    I'd love to hear his opinion on the vi/emacs debate... that'd get some heads rollin'!

  5. Argument by Slashdot(r) ? by legLess · · Score: 5, Funny

    Tom Lord sounds like he got his argumentation skills by watching Beavis and Butthead, reading JeffK, and getting into flame wars with trolls on /.

    Q: What's wrong with Subversion?
    A: It sucks.
    Q: What's wrong with CVS?
    A: It sucks.
    Q: Can you be more specific about Subversion?
    A: Yes. Subversion is teh suck. I realize that's a little inflamatory, so let me say that the sky is blue, dogs are hairy, and Subversion is TEH SUCK, fagg0t!!11
    Q: Can you be more specific about CVS?
    A: Yes, allow me to be more specific. It sux0rs. Hard. CVS is teh sux0r.
    Q: What's good about Arch?
    A: It rules. Also, I have a large penis. Fagg0t.

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