Help ESR Stamp Out CVS and SVN In Our Lifetime

mtaht writes ESR is collecting specifications and donations towards getting a new high end machine to be used for massive CVS and SVN repository conversions, after encountering problems with converting the whole of netbsd over to git. What he's doing now sort of reminds me of holding a bake sale to build a bomber, but he's well on his way towards Xeon class or higher for the work. What else can be done to speed up adoption of git and preserve all the computer history kept in source code repositories? ESR says he'll match funds toward the purchase of the needed hardware, so if you want to help drive him into bankruptcy, now's your chance.

Comments

Re:Umm, what?

[Alomex]

He was a nutbar way before that, I assure you. I had my first runs into him in the first half of the 90's. The Cathedral and the Bazaar remains his single shining moment.

Re:Why git?

[QuietLagoon]

So far, all I've seen are GIT proponents saying everyone should use GIT. What if CVS or SVN does all you need? Why switch?

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Am I the only one concerned about the resulting monoculture if the GIT proponents have their way?

Re:About CVS Only! Not SVN!

[cdecoro]

CVS should die though, yes. Move to SVN or Git depending on your particular needs.

My particular needs are to (1) check out only a subset of files, because those files are binary and very large, and (2) permanently delete those files that I know I will no longer need. Unfortunately, neither SVN nor Git meets those needs, but CVS does. (And as much as I like SVN, rebuilding the entire repository doesn't count for (2)).

Re:This is why they made the cloud

[Anonymous Coward]

You don't buy expensive, power-hungry [hard]ware that's going to cost an arm and a leg to store, power, and cool for the next year when you only need its brute force for a few hours.

But he is planning to do conversions over and over, one after another, handling problems as they occur. As such, one of his goals is that the conversion be as speedy as possible, and he specifically said that he doesn't want to share a CPU with other cloud users. He wants one fast CPU devoted 100% to his project.

Makes sense to me.

The Cloud isn't a magical cure-all, but it's a perfect fit for things like this.

The cloud would be a pretty good fit for projects that wanted to do their conversion one time. But an even better fit would be one guy doing a whole bunch of projects, one after another, with a fast hardware. And that's the plan.

Go back to the 90s

[HnT]

It is high time eric goes back to the 90s and leaves real programmers alone. Doesn't anyone else feel at least a little ashamed of how this guy who gave us the fetchmail plague always grabs the limelight ? The same guy who is notorious for harassing women at conferences and for generally being a nutbag.
I for one am going to create a whole bunch of SVN repositories now, just because.