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We know and so what? Not only is it in a language that many hackers dislike, but it's a supposedly decentralized social app in a centralized (and, in this cont

We know and so what? Not only is it in a language that many hackers dislike, but it's a supposedly decentralized social app in a centralized (and, in this context, archaic) SVN repo.

jlgbecom 16y ago
That has to be the most ridiculous criticism I've ever heard of any project ever.
- danieldon 16y ago
  I strongly and completely disagree. For a supposed next-generation, distributed open source application, language and version control choices are important. There are arguably valid reasons for using PHP, none of which you provided in either of your comments, but there is no excuse for using SVN. SVN has its place, and that place isn't in a project like this.
  - Joeboy 16y ago
    I'm completely down with the idea the SVN isn't a great choice, but I don't see what that has to do with the decentralized nature of the app whose source it's hosting. It seems like saying you should use XWindows to develop all network-related software because it uses sockets.
    - danieldon 16y ago
      No. If your differentiating feature is a principle, then you can't ignore that principle. Today, DVCS is essentially the foundation of developer social networks, both formally (github, bitbucket) and informally. How are you going to make a supposedly decentralized open source social network when the foundation isn't decentralized? Mom doesn't care right now whether a social network is decentralized and open source, developers do.
nir 16y ago
Judging by the amount of open source PHP code out there, some of it powering major websites, I'm not sure at all it's "a language many hackers dislike".
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- danieldon 16y ago
  It's pretty universally acknowledged, even among PHP developers, that the language is a mess. There are reasons to use it despite this, but don't try to pretend it's something it isn't.

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We know and so what? Not only is it in a language that many hackers dislike, but it's a supposedly decentralized social app in a centralized (and, in this cont

by danieldon 16y ago

We know and so what? Not only is it in a language that many hackers dislike, but it's a supposedly decentralized social app in a centralized (and, in this context, archaic) SVN repo.

jlgbecom 16y ago
That has to be the most ridiculous criticism I've ever heard of any project ever.
- danieldon 16y ago
  I strongly and completely disagree. For a supposed next-generation, distributed open source application, language and version control choices are important. There are arguably valid reasons for using PHP, none of which you provided in either of your comments, but there is no excuse for using SVN. SVN has its place, and that place isn't in a project like this.
  - Joeboy 16y ago
    I'm completely down with the idea the SVN isn't a great choice, but I don't see what that has to do with the decentralized nature of the app whose source it's hosting. It seems like saying you should use XWindows to develop all network-related software because it uses sockets.
    - danieldon 16y ago
      No. If your differentiating feature is a principle, then you can't ignore that principle. Today, DVCS is essentially the foundation of developer social networks, both formally (github, bitbucket) and informally. How are you going to make a supposedly decentralized open source social network when the foundation isn't decentralized? Mom doesn't care right now whether a social network is decentralized and open source, developers do.
nir 16y ago
Judging by the amount of open source PHP code out there, some of it powering major websites, I'm not sure at all it's "a language many hackers dislike".
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- danieldon 16y ago
  It's pretty universally acknowledged, even among PHP developers, that the language is a mess. There are reasons to use it despite this, but don't try to pretend it's something it isn't.