[Adium-devl] Version Control

[Evan Schoenberg]

On Feb 7, 2008, at 1:48 PM, Evan Schoenberg <evan.s at dreskin.net> wrote:

> As with the switch to a new version control system itself, I don't  
> see this as a "lead" issue unless we're truly at an impasse and  
> someone has to cast a deciding vote. This, of course, is pretty  
> minor compared to the switch itself - and I'm happy we've made that  
> decision without fruitless argument.
>
> The point about a person's identity "changing" over time does  
> resonate for me. On the other hand, not needing to 'just know' or to  
> look at a list of developers to determine the affiliation of a  
> changeset's author seems like a stronger win to me.
>
> I can't argue passionately about the issue. Peter's suggestion is  
> fine - Use the email you want. I plan to use my adiumx.com address  
> for adium commits and encourage developers proud of their  
> association to do the same.


I meant to include:

;P

After the final sentence in this email. Tongue-in-cheek :)

-Evan




>
>
> Cheers,
> Evan
>
> On Feb 7, 2008, at 12:04 PM, "Eric Richie" <edr1084 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Feb 7, 2008 9:43 AM, Stephen Holt <stephen.holt at gmail.com> wrote:
>> As someone who still likes to watch, but doesn't have much time to
>> actively develop anymore, I'd like to throw my $0.02 in here
>>
>> On Feb 7, 2008, at 12:21 AM, Peter Hosey wrote:
>> >
>> > The answer to question 1 is mostly yes: Names are not enough to
>> > identify people. There are many sets of humans with the exact same
>> > name. We use usernames with SVN, but usernames don't scale to the
>> > DVCS world, where anybody can pick and use their own username.
>> > (Imagine if somebody named Charlie Barrett sends us a patch.) Email
>> > addresses work as an identifier.
>> >
>>
>> That, if anything, seems to be an argument against having @adiumx.com
>> addresses.  If the goal is to have a global identifier, who's to say
>> that "Evan Schoenberg <evan at adiumx.com>" and "Evan Schoenberg <evan at pidgin.im
>>  >"  are the same person?  Whereas if I keep "Stephen Holt <stephen.holt at gmail.com
>>  >"  I can contribute to many projects under the same moniker at my
>> leisure, everyone knows who I am, and my contributions are fully
>> transparent.  Organization is good and all, but lets not fool
>> ourselves; we're closer to a bazaar than a cathedral.
>>
>> I suppose the other side of this would be the permanence of one  
>> versus the other.  For instance, if I committed from my edr1084 at gmail.com 
>>  account but then decided that I should finally move everything  
>> over to eric.richie at gmail.com, there's nothing that ties the two  
>> together as being from the same person, whereas if I just always  
>> committed from eric at adiumx.com it wouldn't be an issue.
>>
>> I think the problem is that both sides more or less have the same  
>> argument and as such there probably won't be that one single  
>> solution that suits everyone.  I'm of the opinion that we should  
>> just pick one and stick with it whether everyone is in favor or  
>> not, because I'm not seeing this an an issue worthy of a never- 
>> ending debate.  I would be inclined to go with Evan's decision as  
>> project lead but... that's not for me to decide.
>>
>> -Eric
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