[mythtv] 'stable' tag proposal

[Yan-Fa Li]

On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 23:12:34 +0100, Scott Roland <scatterlined at mac.com> wrote:
> Yan-Fa Li wrote:
> > You're a build engineer.  I have a lot of respect for that, it's a
> > tricky job.  But you've also got a commercial attitude, which comes
> > from being paid to do it professionally.  Open Source is a lot like
> > IPv4, a best effort service.  If you can improve the process with your
> > build skills, I look forward to your contributions.  However, don't
> > expect people to turn around and do things the way you want because
> > you only know how to use SVN and Perforce (which btw costs a huge
> > amount of moola and requires per seat licensing); if you want to use
> > perforce you might as well call up Larry over at BitKeeper and ask him
> > for a repository.
> 
> Getting a bit off topic, but...
> 
> Technically both Perforce and BitKeeper allow free (as in beer) use of
> there product for free (as in speech) projects:
>    http://www.perforce.com/perforce/price.html#opensource
>    http://www.openlogging.org/
> 

Cooool.  I knew about BK, I didn't about Perforce.  I still wouldn't
use Perforce on the grounds it requires an entire admin team just to
keep it running.  That would be like using a jack hammer for nailing
up picture frames. :)

Yan