> On Fri, Aug 2, 2019 at 8:07 PM Keith Moore <moore@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > On 8/2/19 11:00 PM, Ted Lemon wrote: > > > > > I unless you have some better suggestion, I would say that this is a > > pointless discussion. > > > > I'd like to see the git WG's charter amended to (a) not specifically > > favor github, and (b) require the WG to identify and evaluate risks > > associated with various VCSs (both self-hosted and externally-hosted). > > > I would not be in favor of either of these changes. Nor would I. This whole thing seems to be a lot of worry about a problem that hasn't happened yet and which has an obvious remedy if it does happen. > As Chris says, the purpose of the GIT WG is to build best practices that > help WGs who want to use Github for their work. If you want to form a WG > that is neutral and tasked with comparing the risks of various VCSes, > you're free to submit a BOF proposal, etc. However, having that work in the > GIT WG would, IMO get in the way of what the intended purpose of that group. The flexibility of modern VCSes means it's really important to have a good usage model. This is a far greater risk to participation IMO. Ned
