[Old 1997 story] The Greatest OS That (N)ever Was - eviltoast

How does this coverage hold up? It was a fun read from back in my highschool days, when I was still five years from trying Linux on my own AMD Thunderbird 1Ghz. It wasn’t until 2008 that I tried again and it stuck.

  • MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Could you explain? I’m still stuck with a mind-block, can’t imagine how a git server can track changes to code with messages from email

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      1 year ago

      A git server don’t need to know email to work, and it is not required to have a git server. Email in this workflow is an alternative to a PR: contributor submit a set of commits to the maintainer (or anyone interested). Then the maintainer is free to apply or merge the commits. After that the code can be pushed to any servers.

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        1 year ago

        Ah, you mean email being used as a direct alternative to issue reports? I get it now, and TBH this makes intuitive sense. Thanks