Re: [RFC] Linux Kernel Subversion Howto

[Stelian Pop]

On Thu, Feb 10, 2005 at 01:08:20AM -0500, James Bruce wrote:

> Roman, please give up on importing 100% of the history.  There's no 
> point arguing something if you already know what the other person's 
> answer will be.  Larry will not change his mind under any currently 
> foreseeable circumstances.  Yes, there is "meta-data lockin" whether 
> anyone at BitMover will admit it or not, but no that will not change.
> 
> Linux survived in the past without much history, and if a replacement 
> arrives, people can make the switch even with a degraded history.  In 
> very little time that switchover would seem as remote as the pre-BK 
> times are now.

Nice conclusion to this thread.

Stelian.
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