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2015-11-02 13:24 GMT+01:00 Marcel Offermans <marcel.offerm...@luminis.nl>: > I would be more comfortable if we first had someone volunteer to adapt all > (Maven and Ant/Gradle based builds) to work with Git and otherwise ensure > that all projects keep working. Then demonstrate all of that (with a copy > of our repository), and update our documentation to reflect the new > processes before we decide on making such a move. I have a feeling this is > going to be a lot of work and it could break quite a few processes that we > currently have which is why I don’t think we should “just switch” and then > try to pick up the broken pieces. > > Greetings, Marcel > > On 31 October 2015 at 22:01:01 , Oliver Lietz (apa...@oliverlietz.de) > wrote: > > On Friday 30 October 2015 06:41:09 Benson Margulies wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 2:36 AM, Carsten Ziegeler <cziege...@apache.org> > wrote: > > > Am 30.10.15 um 01:48 schrieb Benson Margulies: > > >> Is this a consensus to proceed yet? It's been a few days since the > > >> last contribution. > > > > > > We clearly have different opinions, they range from "why change?", > > > "let's get moving" to "let's do more than a simple conversion". > > > I don't see a clear consensus/agreement on any of the three. For each > > > opinion there are imho good/valid arguments. I have the feeling that a > > > formal vote does not lead us anywhere. > > > > > > Maybe someone can clearly identify/list the benefits for everyone if we > > > move from svn to a single git repo - compared to using the already > > > existing git proxy. I think this should give everyone a clear view of > > > why the migration makes sense. And if there are no compelling reasons > > > then we have a decision as well. > > > > I think I can state some advantages: > > > > > > 1: Make it significantly easier to apply patches from people who > > provide them via github. > > > > 2: Make it significantly easier to create branches in the main repo > > for collaborative changes. > > > > 3: Take a first step towards subdividing into multiple repos where > > that makes sense. > > some more: > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SLING-3987 > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/SLING/Move+from+Subversion+to+Git > > Is there already a project at Apache which moved from Subversion to Git > setting up multiple repos or even a repo per release artifact? > > Regards, > O. > > > My sense of the email thread is that we have some enthusiastic > > supporters of moving to git, and some '+0' weak objectors. So, in some > > models of consensus process, that would be a reason to go ahead. Do > > you want to recast this as a VOTE as a way of clarifying views? > > > > > Carsten > > > -- > > > Carsten Ziegeler > > > Adobe Research Switzerland > > > cziege...@apache.org > >
