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Re: Notes from the version control BOF at the summit
Ian Lance Taylor <ian@wasabisystems.com> writes:
> > >> I think the discussion is somewhat premature. Right now, it's not
> > >> clear in which directions arch, monotone, and Subversion will develop,
> > >> and which system will implement those features that they are missing
> > >> according to the list above.
> > >
> > > But as I said, Graydon has funding right now to do development.
> >
> > Well, the funder's goal and the GCC teams's do not necessarily have to
> > match.
>
> I suppose I explained the situation poorly. Graydon was at the gcc
> summit. He asked for the version BOF to occur. He explicitly asked
> for guidance in further development. He was open to the possibility
> of doing work on a system other than monotone.
And, I should add, my understanding is that this was being internally
funded by Red Hat, and they expected him to use his best judgment as
to what to do.
Ian