FreeBSD needs Git to ensure repo integrity [was: 2012 incident]

[Chris Rees]

On 19 Nov 2012 13:05, "Andriy Gapon" <avg at freebsd.org> wrote:
>
> on 18/11/2012 16:17 Chris Rees said the following:
> > On 18 November 2012 14:04, Adrian Chadd <adrian at freebsd.org> wrote:
> >> On 18 November 2012 02:48, Andriy Gapon <avg at freebsd.org> wrote:
> >>
> >>> What you describe is not a workflow issue, but a local development
> >>> environment(s) setup issue.
> >>
> >> Which is a workflow issue.
> >>
> >> I mean, we could bang heads on semantics for hours on end, or we can
> >> realise that git isn't a magic bullet for FreeBSD development.
> >
> > Also... did I mention git is GPL?
>
> Yes, you did, twice now.
> I do not see any relevance of Git license to FreeBSD's choice of SCM
solution.
> But, of course, I am not:
> a) a zealot
> b) proposing Git (or Subversion, or Mercurial) to be bundled with a base
system

I'm disappointed that you choose to call me a zealot- this is a valid
concern, especially since we're trying to move away from GPL stuff.
Whether it's in base or not, you'd still be forcing me to install it for
development.  Why are people so dismissive of this point?

Chris