On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 11:41 AM, Harbs <harbs.li...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Github definitely simplifies things. Are there any advantages to keeping > content on Apache's domain? > > Harbs > To be clear, we are talking only about moving the Whiteboard repo to GitHub. There are no plans to move all the other repos to GitHub any time soon. Thanks, Om > > On Apr 4, 2013, at 8:44 PM, Om wrote: > > > Any more thoughts on how to manage the whiteboard repo? If its okay with > > everyone, I will go ahead and start a VOTE thread soon. > > > > Personally, I like the option of working on GitHub for the whiteboard. > In > > a way it levels the playing field of committer vs. non-committer. This > > could foster more community involvement. Going back to my first days of > > contributing to Apache Flex, I did all my Installer related work on > GitHub > > and just posted the link on the dev forum here. After a lot of > discussion, > > Justin (who was a committer by then) and a couple of non-committers > forked > > my project and started sending me Pull requests. This gave me a more > > flexibility in how I contributed as a non-committer. The fork that > Justin > > did on GitHub can be considered as a whiteboard area, except that it let > > him foster community participation (like me and the other non-committers) > > > > And of course, working with GitHub is a breeze. Once you create your own > > space, you can create unlimited projects and branches. > > > > Thanks, > > Om > > > > On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 1:54 PM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: > > > >> The way I see it: > >> > >> #1 Pros: Uses Git. Therefore you only need to know one SCM. Any work > >> with > >> a rich branching history retains that history when landing in the main > >> repos. > >> #1 Cons: 240MB initial download. It took several hours for some folks. > >> > >> #2 Pros: Not sure. > >> #2 Cons: I think it would be hard to switch between branches when you > have > >> changes pending if you want to help out on someone else's whiteboard? > Fred > >> seemed to have other concerns. > >> > >> #3 Pros: Much easier to set up repos, I think. > >> #3 Cons: Unclear about Apache approval. Have to be careful about who > else > >> contributes to your code. > >> > >> #4 Pros: Smaller initial download > >> #4 Cons: Might be more work to transfer source from SVN to Git with > >> history? > >> > >> For me, retaining history is way more important than waiting 2.5 hours > once > >> for the initial download. > >> > >> > >> On 3/21/13 1:34 PM, "Om" <bigosma...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >>> Sorry, I have not been tracking the votes. Let me start up a new vote > >> with > >>> these options: > >>> > >>> =================================== > >>> What to do with Whiteboard? > >>> > >>> 1. Use the sparse checkout option as described here ( > >>> http://markmail.org/message/dg7hplezkzwiroes) > >>> 2. Create a branch per user in the whiteboard > >>> 3. Move to github for whiteboards > >>> 4. Let whiteboards remain in SVN > >>> > >>> =================================== > >>> > >>> If there are more options, please add it to the discussion here. I > will > >>> give some time for discussion before starting an official VOTE thread. > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> Om > >>> > >>> On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Frédéric THOMAS > >>> <webdoubl...@hotmail.com>wrote: > >>> > >>>> Om, > >>>> > >>>> Btw, I remove my vote of 3.1 and give my +1 to the 3.4 (stay on svn), > >>>> that's a lazy vote, I can change my mind ? > >>>> > >>>> -Fred > >>>> > >> > >> -- > >> Alex Harui > >> Flex SDK Team > >> Adobe Systems, Inc. > >> http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui > >> > >> > >
