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From: Kent Fredric <kentnl@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] AUTHORS file for portage repository
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2018 20:42:59
Message-Id: 20181128094235.255114d1@katipo2.lan
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] AUTHORS file for portage repository by Rich Freeman
1 On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 12:51:00 -0500
2 Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote:
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5 > As others have pointed out, it seems like other projects are moving
6 > away from AUTHORS files in favor of git.
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8 "Other projects" don't typically have repos so large that a simple
9 application of a git filter-branch could take weeks.
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11 That git manages not to die every day based on what we throw at it is
12 frankly a miracle of engineering.

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Re: [gentoo-dev] AUTHORS file for portage repository Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>