From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754899Ab0IFAD5 (ORCPT ); Sun, 5 Sep 2010 20:03:57 -0400 Received: from smtp103.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([68.142.198.202]:22210 "HELO smtp103.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1754270Ab0IFADz (ORCPT ); Sun, 5 Sep 2010 20:03:55 -0400 X-Yahoo-SMTP: fzDSGlOswBCWnIOrNw7KwwK1j9PqyNbe5PtLKiS4dDU.UNl_t6bdEZu9tTLW X-YMail-OSG: sKUFWDIVM1nCbCe2L5Szqrl9WCCZI6MApovpecPdw_WGE2j yX.2UBDA3Q50aDOpkn4e1DZu9qZGiHH6XSzcXF.YSBydTIbgL20IsRl7fw8j UvKfiGhSCnjJQlFUO2KPG4TheaqYQ.vRSrl_H.T1tPEu8HNhdtljYDOv_etY Gqqleu0Jxp_jH3hgvasOtu6fIl8UXrujtICfV.EdCaaje0eE464TOjr4MIRZ WCBJuou71LTIBMTikfNAHuAvx5PypR6RaFsykD8rjDUaHGH.vN_SwS5m51RO 5AZrowXhmrs2GqmlaO_bxo_Y- X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 Subject: Re: [Scst-devel] Fwd: Re: linuxcon 2010... From: "Nicholas A. Bellinger" To: Dmitry Torokhov Cc: Vladislav Bolkhovitin , James Bottomley , Dirk Meister , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, Chetan Loke , Chetan Loke , scst-devel , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Mike Christie , FUJITA Tomonori In-Reply-To: <20100905234134.GA17212@core.coreip.homeip.net> References: <4C76CA57.3050405@vlnb.net> <1282857806.32007.175.camel@haakon2.linux-iscsi.org> <4C79484B.3090607@vlnb.net> <1283028468.32007.357.camel@haakon2.linux-iscsi.org> <4C7C18CE.5020103@vlnb.net> <1283204792.32007.448.camel@haakon2.linux-iscsi.org> <4C7FFD1A.8090509@vlnb.net> <1283459158.5598.143.camel@haakon2.linux-iscsi.org> <20100905201802.GC18411@core.coreip.homeip.net> <1283723447.556.133.camel@haakon2.linux-iscsi.org> <20100905234134.GA17212@core.coreip.homeip.net> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:59:54 -0700 Message-Id: <1283731194.556.147.camel@haakon2.linux-iscsi.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.3.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 2010-09-05 at 16:41 -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > On Sun, Sep 05, 2010 at 02:50:47PM -0700, Nicholas A. Bellinger wrote: > > Anyways, if we are going to compare SCM distributed vs. centralized > > workflow in terms of kernel projects, lets please at least compare > > apples to apples here. > > > > No, we should not be comparing SCMs at all here but rather 2 competing > implementations based on quality of the code. You tried to bring SMC > angle in and I am saying that it is BS. > Again, without getting into another pointless flamewar, I think the main point here is that a open source project using a distributed workflow (like git) has major advantages when it comes to working with a larger group of developers than a centralized model (like SVN) does. Because being a subsystem maintainer typically involves this type of complex workflow involving lots of different parties, git is a tool that was created (originally) expressely for a kernel workflow, and for those types of people it works really, really well. So, please understand that code and project workflow is only one of the reasons why TCM/LIO v4 was selected over SCST. I invite you to take a closer look at the RFC Code that has been posted last week if you want to get into the nitty-gritty techinical details, which this thread has thus far been avoiding. Best, --nab