Re: [Texmacs-dev] git & texmacs

[Giovanni Piredda]

Am 19.05.2021 um 10:58 schrieb Massimiliano Gubinelli:
> it adds some background to our discussion of moving some of the development of 
> TeXmacs to a git-based workflow, possibly on github.
>
> Max

The development of free software on github leaves me uneasy.

I see the draw that the platform has on many people and the consequent 
benefit for each project (general feeling in addition to the graph in 
the first post of the linked ocaml discussion thread); on the other hand 
it is delegating part of the organization of the project to a commercial 
enterprise.

Mixing of things done "for free" and commercial work can be seen as 
healthy (e.g. GNU license)---I by and large agree with that; I do not 
like integration and delegation. The very great success of 
delegation-integration (see e.g. Q&A sites and social networks) brings 
consequent benefits for each user (organized access to the knowledge and 
the energy of others), but I am not yet convinced that one should follow up.

On the technical benefit of using git instead of the current svn I do 
not know anything and I cannot comment.

I agree with Max that having contributions marked with the name of their 
authors helps develop the community. Publishing each contribution with 
authors' names is also standard in science; in the case of free 
software, people would be able to list their contributions in their CVs.

Giovanni