Two things have got me thinking about SCMs lately: Discussion on Fedora Maintainers about replacing CVS with a distributed SCM. Hacking on Yum (which uses CVS), and needing some way to keep track of my patches. For Yum, I’ve been using a copy of the CVS repository imported into Git. This is working so nicely that it has led to explore replacing SVN for dangerously incompetent. So far I’ve done a test import of Wuja into various distributed SCMs. »
Following last week’s Planet upgrade, I’ve upgraded my blog to the latest release of PyBlosxom. Nothing seems much different, except its newer. »
I upgraded Planet Dal CS to the latest stable release of Planet today. Everything looks good, but if you notice a bug, let me know. »
Ms. Vissers (now Mrs. Vissers-Bowes) and I got married on May 20th, 2006. We flew back to Halifax for the ceremony; it was a beautiful day. I love her, and it was definitely the best day of my life. This week we expanded our family. Julius is our new baby boy. So far Spook has been a little scared of him, but we’re taking the introduction slow. Hopefully they will get along. »
Green Thumb: Cherie and I planted assorted seeds outside next to our porch today. They should look better than dirt and trash when they are grown in. Red Hat: Sent a patch to the yum devel list the other day. The patch basically did a bunch of stuff that had already been discussed on the yum lists, like Composite pattern for PackageSacks. While the patch has yet to be committed, it still feels good to give back to the community. »
Cook-Out is an eatery here in NC. I don’t know what the food is like, but the clothing is awesome! »
Got an email to my Comp Sci account from a Keane recruiter today. It was very generic; my name wasn’t in the email, and it said they were hiring for basically every position under the sun, and my skills matched those. I sent a reply saying that I was happily employed and no longer living in the area, but thanks for asking and good luck in your search! The email was total spam, and even if I was looking for a job the nature of this email would have completely turned me off. »
As I obliquely alluded to the other day, big things are happening. I’m resigning from my current job as a software developer. Ms. Vissers and I are packing up and leaving the province. The country, in fact. We’re moving to North Carolina. I got a job at Red Hat. I’ll be working as a software engineer on Red Hat Network. The product sounds interesting, and the technologies involved sound fun. Oh yeah, and the develop on Linux ;) I’m pretty pumped about it. »
Fedora Core is the best Linux distribution for home use. Red Hat Enterprise Linux is the best Linux distribution for office use. That is all. »
Mersey River Chalets Photos For herk, and anyone else who may be interested, here are some photos of Mersey River Chalets. »