On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 9:07 AM, Josh Elser <josh.el...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yay, Git. Wait... > > I was going to wait to respond until I collected all of the info, but > since I still haven't gotten that done yet, I figured I should just say > "sure". > > The one thing I do want to get hammered out is the general workflow we > plan to use. I believe that one "unstable" or "development" branch will > satisfy most use cases as we typically don't have much active development > against previous major releases. > > The thing I don't care for (putting it mildly) is long-running > minor-release branches. I'm curious of suggestions that people might have > for how to work around this. One Why? What problems are you thinking of w/ long-running minor release branches? > possibility would be to be git-tag heavy while being more lax on official > apache releases. > > Merits: > - Less merging through 2-3 branches which a bug-fix might apply > (1.4->1.5->1.6) > - Less clutter in the branch space (could be moot if we impose some sort > of "hierarchy" in branch names, e.g. bugfixes/ACCUMULO-XXXX, > minor/ACCUMULO-XXXX) > - Quicker availability of fixes for consumers (after a fix, a new tag is > made) > > Downsides: > - Could create more work for us as we would be noting new minor releases. > Does Christopher's release work mitigate some/most of this? > - Creating git-tags without making an official release _might_ skirt a > line on ASF releases. Some artifact that is intended for public consumption > is meant to follow the release process. > > It seems like you have a specific workflow in mind, but its not clear to me exactly what you are thinking. Are you planning on elaborating on this tonight? Is this workflow written up somewhere? If its not written up, a few quick example scenarios would probably help me get on the same page. > Personally, I'd consider making the bold assumption that, over time, we > will create the infrastructure for ourselves to make better and better > releases which will also mitigate this. I'm curious what everyone else > thinks. > > I'll try to make time tonight to get info on all of the necessary below. > > On 6/1/13 4:28 PM, Christopher wrote: > >> Reviewing this thread, it seems everyone is pretty much in favor of >> this. I propose we proceed by electing a "git transition advisor"... >> someone who: >> >> 1) is sufficiently knowledgeable with git to identify roadblocks >> during the transition and is willing to make it a point to propose and >> follow through with solutions, >> 2) can serve as the main point of contact with INFRA tickets related >> to the transition, >> 3) can advise other developers on best practices for things like when >> to branch, where to put contribs, when to delete a branch (if ever), >> etc. for things related to the shared repo. >> >> Item 3 is really something we can all do to the extent that our >> expertise allows, but it'd be nice to have somebody willing to do item >> 2, in the context of their experience in item 1. >> >> I would like to nominate Josh Elser, because I think he's qualified, >> and because his exact response to this inquiry was "Yay, git." >> >> -- >> Christopher L Tubbs II >> http://gravatar.com/ctubbsii >> >> >> On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 5:44 PM, Christopher <ctubb...@apache.org> wrote: >> >>> I'm sure this has been entertained before, I'm starting to think that >>> we should seriously consider switching to git, maybe sooner (during >>> 1.6 development cycle?). >>> >>> -- >>> Christopher L Tubbs II >>> http://gravatar.com/ctubbsii >>> >>
