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From: Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org>
To: "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@thyrsus.com>
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On Fri, Dec 06, 2019 at 02:46:04PM -0500, Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> Experience matters at this.  So does staying away from tools like git-svn that
> are known to be bad.

git-svn is an excellent tool, if you use it for something it is fit for.
And that is what Maxim did.  Knowing what tool to use how when and where
and how is what experience is.


Segher