Re: [dev] Git? Bitch Please

From: Al Gest <himselfe_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:57:54 +0000

My biggest problem with fossil and why I wouldn't call it suckless is "there's
an embedded webserver with bugtracker and todo management." as pancake
highlighted.

It doesn't really follow the UNIX philosophy of "do one thing, and do it
well".


On 30 November 2012 12:39, Stanislav Paskalev <kshorg_AT_gmail.com> wrote:

> Sqlite is proven, both as a code base, and as scale. (Especially for tiny
> amounts of data such as source code. See netbsd's fossil repository for
> large amounts)
> Stripped and upx'd, a fossil binary is under 500k. I haven't tried to link
> it statically though.
> Both are from the same author and the mailing list offers excellent
> support and community.
>
> Don't be so fast with the hate, before using for a couple of weeks.
>
> -
> Stanislav Paskalev
>
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 1:41 PM, Brandon Invergo <brandon_AT_invergo.net>wrote:
>
>> > but yeah, a part from that fossil is nice, but there's little userbase
>> and
>> > i doubt there are transition tools to convert a repo from/to fossil. git
>> > is much more widespread.
>>
>> http://fossil-scm.org/index.html/help/import
>>
>>
>
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