Re: [RFC] Choosing a distributed version control system for PHP (or not). Call for Participation.

On Sun, 7 Aug 2011, Stas Malyshev wrote: > On 8/7/11 2:13 PM, Richard Quadling wrote: > > You can build single-source workflows around DCVS too. The fact that > everybody is keeping the copy of the history doesn't mean there can't > be one "main" repository. The point of DCVS is not as much in doing > different things from what we're doing now as doing roughly the same > things in a better way - more efficiently. > > > The main thing I'm worried about is if feature X splits the core devs > > so much that there are 2 competing repos, both with a significant > > number of core devs supporting each repo, how do I choose which is > > which? If my abilities include being able to code at the core level, > > which should I support? Both? All 3, 4 or 10 different forks? > > This can happen right now - take the code, put it on any of the hosting > facilities and declare yourself the new king of PHP. But you can't call it PHP anymore due to the license, where as with a DCVS with people having forks on publically accessible repositories, everybody is basically violating the license. I share Richard's concerns about finding out "what is the real one"/best one/latest one. Most recently I found that out with two related PHP projects: https://github.com/preinheimer/xhprof vs https://github.com/facebook/xhprof and: https://github.com/corretge/xdebug-trace-gui or https://github.com/beberlei/xdebug-trace-gui or http://www.rdlt.com/xdebug-trace-file-parser.html regards, Derick