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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 06/25/2017 11:01 AM, Nathaniel Smith
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Jun 25, 2017 10:27, "Larry
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<div dir="auto">My dudes, in a previous life I
helped invent distributed VCS, but I still get
confused by fiddly git BS just like everyone
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Really? I thought Bitkeeper was out before the
monotone project even started--and TeamWare had
monotone beat by most of a decade. Not to downplay
your achievements, but I don't think you "helped
invent DVCS". Or did you work on Bitkeeper /
TeamWare?<br>
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<div dir="auto">If your response to the previous message is to
send an email to all of python-dev nitpicking credentials,
then I think you missed the point...</div>
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Actually, I agreed with the point, I just wanted you to clarify
about your claimed bona fides here. And I notice your reply was
sent "to all of python-dev" and contained a lot of "nitpicking";
either this behavior is permissible or it isn't.<br>
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DVCSes were a conceptual breakthrough, and the people behind it
deserve all the praise and admiration we can heap on them. If you
"helped invent" them--that's fantastic! Thank you! If you didn't,
then it's misleading to claim that you did, so please don't.<br>
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<div dir="auto">Perhaps I could have phrased it better; feel
free to pretend I wrote a several paragraph history tracing
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I don't think that's necessary. "I was a core developer on a DVCS"
would have handily made your point--you deeply understand DVCSes
from both a conceptual and practical perspective--while also being
brief and (IIUC) 100% accurate.<br>
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