[phobos] [dmd-internals] svn-->git migration

[spir]

On 01/24/2011 11:19 AM, Don Clugston wrote:
>> My general experiences with linux apps ported to Windows is that they suck
>> >  because:
>> >
>> >  1. the main devs won't touch windows, so the ports are done by someone else
>> >  who doesn't really understand the code
>> >  2. the app tends to have weird and wacky problems with / and \ in paths
>> >  3. running the app requires a boatload of other linux utilities that are
>> >  also half-assed ports to windows
>> >  4. the app has a schizophrenic relationship with LF vs CRLF line endings
>> >  (git has this problem)
>> >  5. the windows port tends to lag by multiple versions
>> >  6. the windows port randomly crashes and nobody cares (I'm looking at you,
>> >  LaTeX)
>> >  7. documentation is lacking on the windows port
>> >  8. tech support is lacking for it

> That's my experience, too. And there often seems to be a denial that
> the support is so poor.  (This is why I had advocated Mercurial over
> git).

 From what I read in this thread, Mercurial seems /far/ easier to use. (Why was 
git chosen?)

Denis
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