DVCS vs. Subversion brittleness (was Re: Moving to D)

[Brad Roberts]

On 2/1/2011 7:55 PM, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
> On 2/2/11, Walter Bright <newshound2 at digitalmars.com> wrote:
>> Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
>>> I don't know what to say..
>>
>> Git is a Linux program and will never work right on Windows. The problems
>> you're
>> experiencing are classic ones I find whenever I attempt to use a Linux
>> program
>> that has been "ported" to Windows.
>>
> 
> Yeah, I know what you mean. "Use my app on Windows too, it works! But
> you have to install this Linux simulator first, though".
> 
> Is this why you've made your own version of make and microemacs for
> Windows? I honestly can't blame you. :)

Of course, it forms a nice vicious circle.  Without users, there's little incentive to fix and chances are there's fewer
users reporting bugs.

Sounds.. familiar. :)