If we applied the same logic back in 2004, we would still be on CVS.
Personally, I think Git affords us a lot of opportunity to streamline
the contribution process and a much cleaner way of working (patching,
rebasing, local branches, etc.)
I've switched to Git for all of the rest of what I do, and I have to say
that even with the tooling still just maturing even now, Git is
far-and-away easier to use. I spend a lot less time juggling working
directories, generating patches just to back out something I'm working
on at the moment to switch gears for a bugfix, and accepting
contributions from anyone is straightforward (especially compared to SVN).
I think the world is well beyond simply jumping on the bandwagon with
Git; it works well and enables new forms of interaction with the
community. We're actually trailing the field by waiting until now to
move. I think it's probably prudent, given the size of Maven (and ASF
more generally), but we're definitely not riding the cutting edge here.
On 9/5/12 8:05 AM, Chris Graham wrote:
It's not a matter of thinking that git is like SVN at all.
It's the exact opposite in fact; they are different, to the extent that it
entails a whole new approach.
We have a well resourced, well understood, well supported tool and mature
practices with our current SVN.
All I am saying is that we really should stop and think as to whether we want
to throw that out. I, personally am not convinced.
At the end of the day, it's more about WHAT we produce (maven, plugins etc)
than the TOOLS (SVN, git, etc) we use.
For those who want to use git, fine stick with git SVN, but don't force me to
learn a new tool; I do enough of that already. (and I've just come from a
project where the personal preferences of a few immature devs forced the
abandonment of good mature practices and had Hg shoved down our throats; and
this is a $40 Billion dollar company, let's not make the same mistake here).
-Chris
Sent from my iPhone
On 05/09/2012, at 9:41 PM, Arnaud Héritier <aherit...@gmail.com> wrote:
I think Olivier already replied to some points given few points where Git
is really interesting : performances, branches management ..
But yes there are skills to learn, it's not easy and the error is to think
that Git is like SVN
But it may be an opportunity to learn ?
On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 1:38 PM, Chris Graham <chrisgw...@gmail.com> wrote:
-1 Non binding.
I have no desire to setup and learn new tools for no clearly apparent
advantages.
There appears to be multitude of ways that DSCM's can be configured. I'm
not sure if sufficient thought/discussion has been given to the way in
which it should/can be set up.
Where it is to be hosted?
My view: Move got a good reason. A fad is not a good reason.
-Chris
On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 9:25 PM, Stephen Connolly <
stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com> wrote:
+1. Have no spare time ATM, so cannot volunteer even if I would love to
On 5 September 2012 12:04, Olivier Lamy <ol...@apache.org> wrote:
Hi,
This vote is to decide moving our source tree currently located in one
svn repository to git (multiple git repositories).
First, we need to have at least 3 volunteers to help on Apache infra
for this move and more generally on git Apache infrastructure. (if you
are volunteer you must say that with your vote).
The vote will pass on majority (PMC committer) and if we have the
minimum of 3 volunteers !
BTW contributors can express their opinion by a vote too !
The vote will decide on moving all the source tree (volunteers time
will the main throttle).
Volunteers will decide on what they move (notification on dev@ is
mandatory).
The goal is to move simple projects first(scm,surefire, indexer,core,
wagon etc..) then plugins (except if Kristian want to start with
plugins immediately :-) )
Vote open for 72H.
[+1] Move to git scm
[0] No interest
[-1] don't move to git (please explain why)
Thanks,
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