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This is Hacker News; we try to stay civil, so I don't think many people are going to "hate" you for not using (understanding?) version control. Then again, I d
by tanoku 14y ago
This is Hacker News; we try to stay civil, so I don't think many people are going to "hate" you for not using (understanding?) version control.
Then again, I don't think many people will take you or your project seriously after this, either. Many of us went past folders and tarballs for version control back in 1992, and personally, there's no way I'm going to touch an OS Kernel that is distributed in a zip file. That is not how you do open source -- for what it's worth, you may want to keep your tarballs to yourself: that'd serve the same practical purpose.
- flatline3 14y agoI'm going to take christina_b seriously because this is a seriously complex problem, and it's impressive that she's gotten so far with it. I don't expect that any of the people saying "you should use github to get contributors" actually have the wherewithal to contribute. Moreover, while I disagree with her stance about SCM, I find it incredibly bikeshed-y that people are talking about that instead of about the technical details of how such a thing is implemented. Don't any of you have questions or comments about this other than cheerleading, or a bikeshed about SCM? I posted some similar projects that have taken different approaches.
- christina_b 14y ago> there's no way I'm going to touch an OS Kernel that is distributed in a zip file Okay.
- qqyy 14y agolol. And there's no way I'm gonna touch git if I don't have to. ;)
- qqyy 14y agoSomething tells me you wouldn't touch it anyway, for other reasons. I also get the feeling she's not going to miss your (lack of) contribution. I take irreverence seriously, if it's partnered with competence. Your comment expresses the exact opposite attitude of irreverance, whatever that is called. This is not an attitude that inspires any sense of breaking new ground.