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On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 2:32 AM, Ross Gardler <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >
