On 26 November 2011 22:12, Ross Gardler <[email protected]> wrote: > As a result (and because another mentor has > stepped up to support my position) I'm willing to make a case to > infrastructure for you to move to Git ASAP, but I have two conditions before > I make that request. > > The first is that all mentors on this project support my proposal.
All mentors have now supported this proposal, so it's over to the committers ... > The second condition is that the team ensure that the documentation over on > the CouchDB project reflects the process that this project will follow in > managing the canonical repository here at the ASF. I want it to describe how > you will manage committer contributions, non-committer contributions, IP > review, releases and whatever else is important to your project. > I'm not really interested in the nitty gritty of the processes, we'll work > that out in practice. What I want is a document that convinces me that there > will be a single canonical repository for the community to engage with. If I > am confident you can use Git in an Apache Way style process then I'm willing > to make the case to infrastructure, and if necessary, the board. I'm > reasonably sure that if you can convince me and the other mentors here then > we can convince the infrastructure team. > Since you are in the incubator and I know nothing of your current governance > and I don't know if it is close or distant from the Apache Way. On the > CouchDB list I have posted some comments from an ASF project member which > defines the process they use in a git-svn environment (they came from Git > when they came to the ASF). This mail will, hopefully, be a useful starting > point (or maybe its all covered in the wiki page already). > See http://markmail.org/thread/q43mto5emnhpej2k > Taking off my mentor hat for a moment and putting on my VP Community > Development hat I will use this document, and what I learn from this > incubation project, to help ensure that Git can be used successfully > alongside SVN in Apache projects. > However, please understand that even after all this I cannot guarantee that > infrastructure will agree to allow you to move to Git. However, I am > confident enough to be willing to spend some of my time on it, hopefully you > will be too. > Are mentors OK with this? > Are committers OK with this as a way forwards? Do the committers have any > questions or observations? > Ross -- Ross Gardler (@rgardler) Programme Leader (Open Development) OpenDirective http://opendirective.com
