Re: GNOME DVCS Survey Results

["Matthias Clasen" <matthias clasen gmail com>]

On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 3:59 PM, David Zeuthen <david fubar dk> wrote:
> On Sun, 2009-01-04 at 17:48 +0000, John Carr wrote:
>> As bkor has stated, there are lots of Git users so any implementation
>> will support you, and support you well. That is a requirement. So any
>> talk of my idea is not Git vs Bazaar, its talk of one way we can move
>> forward. So i dont consider it to be derailing. When mentioning my
>> idea, lets stick to technical problems with it rather than trying to
>> undermine anyone who has looked at it and thinks it is sound and
>> doable.
>
> Can you explain what would happen in the event that a future version of
> git switches to an repository format that isn't compatible with how you
> want to store data?

It seems pretty clear to me that any 'homegrown' system like this is
not suitable as a longterm, stable solution for a project the size of
gnome.