Hi, On Tue, 17 Feb 2009, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> [2009.02.17.1747 +0100]: > > a while ago I announced the UGFWIINI contest, a glorious battle of ideas > > how to > > > > Use Git For What It Is Not Indended > > > > As most of you probably did not find my blog yet, this may come as a > > surprise to you, but it will not be the only surprise in this email. > > A shame that I didn't see the contest start. I would have had > a number of cases to add using Git > > - to track your ~ (cf. http://vcs-home.madduck.net) > - to track /etc (cf. http://kitenet.net/~joey/code/etckeeper/) > - as the backend for a service like snapshot.debian.net > - as a mail store and complete replacement of IMAP > > anyway, enter me for round 2!! Sure! But I deem the first two being trumped by the large media... If you could point me to the IMAP thing, I'd be interested personally, as I use Git to track all my mails in maildir format. Ciao, Dscho > > This is also related to Martin Krafft's idea to sort of replace the > > Debian packaging management by using Git, but... > > I had this idea? Well, maybe something related: vcs-pkg.org, which > is about using distributed VCS for distro package maintenance. Yes, that's what I meant. > Anyway, thanks Johannes for the fun! :) You're very welcome! Ciao, Dscho -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
