Perl Migrates To the Git Version Control System 277
On Elpeleg writes "The Perl Foundation has announced they are switching their version control systems to git. According to the announcement, Perl 5 migration to git would allow the language development team to take advantage of git's extensive offline and distributed version support. Git is open source and readily available to all Perl developers. Among other advantages, the announcement notes that git simplifies commits, producing fewer administrative overheads for integrating contributions. Git's change analysis tools are also singled out for praise. The transformation from Perforce to git apparently took over a year. Sam Vilain of Catalyst IT 'spent more than a year building custom tools to transform 21 years of Perl history into the first ever unified repository of every single change to Perl.' The git repository incorporates historic snapshot releases and patch sets, which is frankly both cool and historically pleasing. Some of the patch sets were apparently recovered from old hard drives, notching up the geek satisfaction factor even more. Developers can download a copy of the current Perl 5 repository directly from the perl.org site, where the source is hosted."
que the unreadability jokes (Score:5, Funny)
I'd rather seen they moved to Subversion (Score:1, Funny)
This must be the sign (Score:4, Funny)
And there will be much rejoicing!
Seriously, I can't wait!
Can't get there from here (Score:5, Funny)
-bash: git: command not found
Re:que the unreadability jokes (Score:5, Funny)
Dear Perl Monger,
TMTOWTDI in Perl. However, in English spelling:
- Que Publishing is a publisher of computer books
- Q was an arrogant but powerful character in ST:TNG who liked to annoy the crew of the Enterprise because they didn't copulate anywhere near as much as James... T... Kirk.
- queue, noun, a line or series of people or things; verb, to form a line or series.
- cul, noun, French, the buttocks
- cue, noun, a signal or indication; verb, to signal, to indicate, to move to position.
2009: The Year Of The Truly Helpful Slashdot Grammar Nazi
Re:This must be the sign (Score:3, Funny)
Actually, this is an intermediate step. They now know how to tag perl 6, if/when it does arrive.
Re:que the unreadability jokes (Score:5, Funny)
Qué?
Re:que the unreadability jokes (Score:5, Funny)
Here is the script used to migrate perl to the git version control system:
#! /bin/perl
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Re:que the unreadability jokes (Score:2, Funny)
Parent post is just gibberish, it is not a real Perl program.
I volunteer ! (Score:5, Funny)
There are too few developers working on Perl 6, adding a few would actually speed it up. There is a lot of work to be done, and people are spread too thin.
I don't have a clue regarding perl, but looking at some perl scripts, I think I can do it. I mean all you have to do is type #! /bin/perl and roll your face over the keyboard.
Re:que the unreadability jokes (Score:1, Funny)
Re:que the unreadability jokes (Score:2, Funny)
I ran your code and the output was 42.