GNU Emacs Switches From CVS To Bazaar 198
kfogel writes "GNU Emacs, one of the oldest continuously developed free software projects around, has switched from CVS to Bazaar. Emacs's first recorded version-control commits date from August, 1985. Eight years later, in 1993, it moved to CVS. Sixteen years later, it is switching to Bazaar, its first time in a decentralized version control system. If this pattern holds, GNU Emacs will be in Bazaar for at least thirty-two years ..."
first first? (Score:5, Funny)
You'd think there'd be an emacs keystroke combo to check for duplicate words in a block of text.
Re:Why 32? (Score:5, Funny)
I reckon after two years they'll get bored and switch to keeping commits in directories named gnuemacs.20120415, gnuemacs.working, gnuemacs.old-dontdelete, etc.
ObSimpsons (Score:5, Funny)
Disco Stu: Did you know that disco record sales were up 400% for the year ending 1976? If these trends continue... A-y-y-y!
Re:Why 32? (Score:4, Funny)
Is there a 'scary' mod? I don't see it in my list unfortunately.
News? (Score:3, Funny)
So some young whippersnappers decide to change things around and this is news?
Get off my lawn!
Cathedral & the Bazaar? Irony? (Score:5, Funny)
Wasn't Emacs used as an example of a "Cathedral" project in Raymond's paper?
Re:Why 32? (Score:1, Funny)
Powers of two are much more beautiful. They are appropriate for a software development project. They will also relatively reduce the need to frequently move to new version control systems, as the interval will dwarf human lifetimes as we know them after doubling only a few more times. An arithmetic progression may seem clever now, but what about 8160 years from now? Will it look so smart then? I think not.
The other kewl thing (Score:2, Funny)
Is, the code for EMACS is written in vi.
Emacs is in Bazaar (Score:5, Funny)
I'm waiting for someone to write a Bazaar server that runs inside Emacs. Will Emacs then update itself and become self-aware? That ought to put the Emacs vs. VI debate to rest once and for all.
Re:Wow, what quality... (Score:4, Funny)
It's a matter of long debate among grammarians, and I take other grammarians's point of view :-).
Re:The other kewl thing (Score:3, Funny)
Hah! (Score:3, Funny)
It will be too late! --vi
Re:ObSimpsons (Score:4, Funny)
Re:what's new?; bazaar versus git (Score:1, Funny)
There's been some huge improvements in emacs lately, and more to come. They're actually working on fixing one of the oldest problems it has.
They're going to build in VIM so they finally get a decent text editor!
*laughs manically and hides*
Re:Cathedral & the Bazaar? Irony? (Score:4, Funny)
Oy, too much more of this, and we'll be setting ourselves up for a paradox.
You've got GNU/Emacs which is the operating system of its own, but runs on the GNU/Linux operating system as well. And it runs on the free proprietary OS. And Emacs is also in bazaar, even though it's based on the cathedral model. But its owner is very, very fond of bazaar (and bizarre, but that's neither there nor certainly here) development, despite not using it, while also using it.
Basically, we're looking at Emacs as a self-contradiction as things stand. Too much more of this and it's going to just go *poof*.
Re:Why 32? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Why 32? (Score:5, Funny)
Future emacs development will be hosted inside emacs, with a version control extension written in emacs lisp.
Re:Why 32? (Score:5, Funny)
THIS! IS! EMACS!
How bazaar! (Score:3, Funny)
If this pattern holds, GNU Emacs will be in Bazaar for at least thirty-two years.
I'm pretty sure Emacs has already been bizarre for at least 32 years.
Re:Why 32? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:32 years? (Score:1, Funny)
Now get off my lawn!