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>In December 2020, development of the base system migrated from Subversion to Git. Call me mean, but I don't associate FreeBSD with a project that is quick to
by anticristi 6y ago
>In December 2020, development of the base system migrated from Subversion to Git.
Call me mean, but I don't associate FreeBSD with a project that is quick to adopt modern development practices.
I remember the time that FreeBSD moved from CVS to SVN, and it was hailed as revolutionary. The world was already embracing Git, which, despite its flaws back then, was perceived as a bliss compared to SVN.
- jjav 6y agoThat's not mean, it is a compliment. Although the phrase "modern development practices" makes it a loaded statement. There is much value in not constantly hopping onto every hypetrain that comes along. For a reliable project, I want to see engineering practices that favor remaining on proven stable technologies as long as possible. Let all the hypes die down, don't go down with them.
- colejohnson66 6y agoI don't see how code review is "modern development practices" (in a bad way). It's common sense. An analogy would be lawyers. They don't represent family because they may overlook something they think is meaningless, but a "fresh pair of eyes" would say is very important. With code, it's the same way: your eyes are biased towards your own code which can cause you to miss a bug.