Re: [Fwd: [arch-users] Re: Gud lord!]

[Juanma Barranquero]

On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 08:59:29 -0400
Miles Bader <address@hidden> wrote:

> Arch has an appealingly tool-oriented approach, and uses
> `understandable' data representations, unlike subversion which seems to be
> more of a `big binary blob' design...

I'm not arguing for or against any such tool now, but the "big binary
blob" is not a problem per se, if well documented.

> I did find an interesting thread on arch on the OpenBSD mailing list, BTW,
> where Tom Lord does a pretty good job of answering some skeptical questions;
> a google search should turn it up...

There was a long thread about arch on the GCC list months ago, and Tom
Lord did talk at length about arch's strengths and weaknesses.


                                                                Juanma