From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BF961381F3 for ; Sun, 16 Dec 2012 17:20:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DB559E064B; Sun, 16 Dec 2012 17:20:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail2.viabit.com (mail2.viabit.com [65.246.80.16]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C278EE061F for ; Sun, 16 Dec 2012 17:20:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [172.17.29.6] (vpn1.metro-data.com [65.213.236.242]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail2.viabit.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3YPXLh0DWDz1hfL for ; Sun, 16 Dec 2012 12:20:11 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=orlitzky.com; s=mail2; t=1355678412; bh=cTmMOsE9WkviSB1NYL05noDqKZIRtXYt87oJhouWuG0=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=I36n1rPUNzlvcX8q8m38b9KPLMmm5dRQorpsFJJZOor7K3BGL6TmjCPpRnXgu6en0 mZbJ92Hc8HlnzTdkF806TPeZcDtz2b5ZU1k/9YRU+703Co7h6NEBFZ3xP2Rf81MCsG MWM92GlrrHBwOwFiyvON5BLg97V0Wen9hpOYzFwY= Message-ID: <50CE02CA.6000408@orlitzky.com> Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2012 12:20:10 -0500 From: Michael Orlitzky User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:10.0.10) Gecko/20121104 Thunderbird/10.0.10 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Attracting developers (Re: Packages up for grabs...) References: <50CDFD7F.7040207@orlitzky.com> <20121216170248.GS8220@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <20121216170248.GS8220@gentoo.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.3.5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: a5325d97-5035-4344-8beb-a0511b890c25 X-Archives-Hash: bc35b5a1297648e4bec67e7d0ecd2d77 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 12/16/2012 12:02 PM, Fabian Groffen wrote: > On 16-12-2012 11:57:35 -0500, Michael Orlitzky wrote: >> 3. Get off CVS for Christ's sake. Nobody wants to work with that. >> I don't know how this fits into my bullet list, but it's >> important. > > It doesn't, and it's not. > I'm not going to put together a powerpoint presentation for you, but think about it this way. Many new developers who want to contribute to to some project will learn git, because a large number of important projects use git. No (new) developers are going to learn CVS. Ever. Therefore, we can rule out "using CVS is helping us attract new developers." -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJQzgLKAAoJEBxJck0inpOiIfQQAK2y29KsUXGd4XOcsjB5a/E7 OWPRKlJL/vha/mOG3S7hHnQTrOIeA26rXkhds73dXh7Sg4WeifgxHyhbtIWfvfGR ZBkS8kpbKNv3I8qUwqDXYqgj7W3vv4zyvcmixvUX304A28foac2gUvwKcivZpJCr dj/hbPDyOhcl7/fw3mQCJ3aiyzdIuo0zLyKnq+4PtvbS6A90GWxypZKr1W602z3A Spd90YsPciH+y27AE+rhm8qDPpryzKGz+iX/zFmFBFk2A0gqMcYssffYo6xY6PZp PCLBvFrUIm7o7f93W7BZS3NHJzZ+GDKG0FliCS7EMvT2KJ7hxIETC5TuVTQ8W9JK LIPeEtUGTIVgreN9AkWDk+B2IAeJnN1XaYFPvNmDhUdkTioxkl3HfIs1ar26R5IV 58VsXt4wWc1GrG0N8LH/GTiarZY/cv9Xxq0isAN9AVHrelN1i12fuSEbEC9E+vBQ ujaCePO2eJoanAtPZjzLqNW6N9b2Gra/8Fo07cQosEW84a0A+xOgFmT4pVzTyycV 47PIw8rtkTvPwe6WS3lakMnEkV0GTu1MtteEXGyAK43QkLxJBiq6W3rh02+HEIVP Lp68bIXyWblYLZZQkDJOHUgbqSu9bs63JUsFzcycOiOkiR8ROtHnjkTjIaz3aLEZ V863lo2AlS3HDoC8w4WU =3pRr -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----