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Perl 5 now uses Git for version control

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Re: Perl 5 now uses Git for version control

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Post by jm4 »

Half the time there is a Perl article on here everyone is ripping it. How is it that so many people are interested in what version control software Perl 5 uses? I'm genuinely curious. It's odd that this thing got so many votes but my comment is the first one. Besides the developers and a few people that checkout and build from source, does this really impact anyone? I know Git is a cool buzzword now. Are a bunch of people voting this up without even looking at it?

Re: Perl 5 now uses Git for version control

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Post by bestes »

I upvoted it (and read it, but the title actually did convey all the information that I cared about). Why? Because I really like git and I think that for Perl development to move to git (and to have done such a careful/fantastic job of it) is impressive. I also like Perl, and it makes me happy to see it continue to develop and take advantage of the latest technology. Not becase it is cool, but because it is better (specifically referring to git).

Re: Perl 5 now uses Git for version control

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Post by dreish »

jm4 wrote: post #2

Half the time there is a Perl article on here everyone is ripping it. How is it that so many people are interested in what version control software Perl 5 uses? I'm genuinely curious. It's odd that this thing got so many votes but my comment is the first one. Besides the developers and a few people that checkout and build from source, does this really impact anyone? I know Git is a cool buzzword now. Are a bunch of p…

I think people are happy to see a project dump Perforce for git. Perl may be on the decline, but it is still a pretty significant free-software project.

Re: Perl 5 now uses Git for version control

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Post by jrockway »

dreish wrote: post #4
jm4 wrote: post #2

Half the time there is a Perl article on here everyone is ripping it. How is it that so many people are interested in what version control software Perl 5 uses? I'm genuinely curious. It's odd that this thing got so many votes but my comment is the first one. Besides the developers and a few people that checkout and build from source, does this really impact anyone? I know Git is a cool buzzword now. Are a bunch of p…

I think people are happy to see a project dump Perforce for git. Perl may be on the decline, but it is still a pretty significant free-software project.

Where is Perl on the decline?

Oh, in terms of brightly-colored blogs... I get it.

Re: Perl 5 now uses Git for version control

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Post by CUViper »

This feels a bit symbiotic, given that a big chunk of git is written in Perl.

Should we now watch to see whether Python chooses Mercurial or Bazaar? Seems they're already leaning towards the latter: http://www.python.org/dev/bazaar/

Sorry Ruby fans, I don't know of any Ruby DVCS for you to pair up with. Even as popular as git is with ruby-devs, I can't see git ever using ruby itself...

Re: Perl 5 now uses Git for version control

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Post by aaronblohowiak »

CUViper wrote: post #6

This feels a bit symbiotic, given that a big chunk of git is written in Perl. Should we now watch to see whether Python chooses Mercurial or Bazaar? Seems they're already leaning towards the latter: http://www.python.org/dev/bazaar/ Sorry Ruby fans, I don't know of any Ruby DVCS for you to pair up with. Even as popular as git is with ruby-devs, I can't see git ever using ruby itself...

Ruby speaks .git : http://github.com/github/grit/tree/master

Go ruby glue, go!

Re: Perl 5 now uses Git for version control

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Post by dreish »

jrockway wrote: post #5
dreish wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think people are happy to see a project dump Perforce for git. Perl may be on the decline, but it is still a pretty significant free-software project.

Where is Perl on the decline? Oh, in terms of brightly-colored blogs... I get it.

I've been trying to hire a perl programmer for about a year now. It's just not where the smart people want to go with their careers, but we have a huge codebase built up in it, so we're stuck.

Re: Perl 5 now uses Git for version control

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Post by jrockway »

dreish wrote: post #8
jrockway wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Where is Perl on the decline? Oh, in terms of brightly-colored blogs... I get it.

I've been trying to hire a perl programmer for about a year now. It's just not where the smart people want to go with their careers, but we have a huge codebase built up in it, so we're stuck.

We don't have any trouble hiring Perl programmers. Maybe it's less about Perl and more about other aspects of the job, in your case?

And oh yeah, I think I am offended by the "it's just not where the smart people want to go" comment.

Re: Perl 5 now uses Git for version control

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Post by charcoal »

dreish wrote: post #8
jrockway wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Where is Perl on the decline? Oh, in terms of brightly-colored blogs... I get it.

I've been trying to hire a perl programmer for about a year now. It's just not where the smart people want to go with their careers, but we have a huge codebase built up in it, so we're stuck.

How does your codebase look? Neatly organized and with tests? Does it use much modern best-practice, or are there a lot of not-so-nice pieces?

Also, it may just be difficult in general to find really good people to help maintain an already mature and large codebase.

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