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> 2010s: > Continuous Integration & Delivery > Workplace domination by “lumber-sexuals” This is the best the author could come up with for major developments this decade? Are you kidding?
For those, like me, who had no idea what a “lumbersexual” was: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Lumbersexual
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You also have to ask the question if the "distributed" functionality is really necessary. Even if companies use git or mercurial or whatever, most have a central repository anyway. They basically offer no extra value over Subversion on that specific (but most prominent) feature in practice.
A lot of the young guys I work with don't even really know about the distributed characteristics. For them git is Bitbucket or Github. that's all they know.
I'm real curious how he got the rights to the image on the cover.
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FreeBSD uses it for the operating system. While he complains that svn is obsolete, he then goes on to say it's widely used, and so far, it seems pretty important when games and operating systems--and more--are using it.
obsolete ≠ unimportant. I think most would agree that COBOL is an obsolete programming language, yet half the worlds financial systems still run on it. How many percentage of new projects use svn instead of git? That it a much better metric for how obsolete something is.
They aren't cool / widely used but definitely not obsolete if half the worlds financial systems still run on them.
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obsolete ≠ unimportant. I think most would agree that COBOL is an obsolete programming language, yet half the worlds financial systems still run on it. How many percentage of new projects use svn instead of git? That it a much better metric for how obsolete something is.
Obsolete means to no longer be produced or used... These things are not obsolete. They aren't cool / widely used but definitely not obsolete if half the worlds financial systems still run on them.
1a : no longer in use or no longer useful
// an obsolete word
b : of a kind or style no longer current : old-fashioned
// an obsolete technology
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Those statements are mostly true. One of those few use cases where centralized version control still has a lot traction is game dev. Because of large files and a need to manage them efficiently on relatively limited local disks.
FreeBSD uses it for the operating system. While he complains that svn is obsolete, he then goes on to say it's widely used, and so far, it seems pretty important when games and operating systems--and more--are using it.