Thanks Pierre, I switched to git because committer privileges don't have to be granted before non-committers have access to development freedoms such as branch creations for conveniencies such as patch creation. Such a system seems to promote more open source collaboration.
On Mon, 2015-04-20 at 21:49 +0200, Pierre Smits wrote: > I have currently multiple local development branches in our SVN and they > are SVN based and they are all of the same bases at > https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/ofbiz. > > And yes, I have commit privileges. > > Best regards, > > Pierre Smits > > *ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>* > Services & Solutions for Cloud- > Based Manufacturing, Professional > Services and Retail & Trade > http://www.orrtiz.com > > On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 8:37 PM, Christian Carlow < > christian.car...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > SVN allows for a local branching? Believing git only allows this was > > the main reason for my recent switch. Are commit privileges not > > necessary for the creation of such an svn branch as is the case with > > git? > > > > On Mon, 2015-04-20 at 11:54 +0200, Pierre Smits wrote: > > > If we only want GIT for multiple local development branches, then we are > > > doing for the wrong reasons. SVN doesn't hinder you in doing that today. > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > > > Pierre Smits > > > > > > *ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>* > > > Services & Solutions for Cloud- > > > Based Manufacturing, Professional > > > Services and Retail & Trade > > > http://www.orrtiz.com > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 11:12 AM, Jacques Le Roux < > > > jacques.le.r...@les7arts.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Like Adrian and mostly for the same reasons, I don't believe we need > > Git. > > > > > > > > But there is one other major reason which has already been discussed in > > > > the other common ASF MLs. As Taher exulted, it's possible to create > > local > > > > branches. So people are able to do a lot of work alone without > > exchanging > > > > before committing or submitting. It will certainly not help to have > > this > > > > possibility. Remember our recent discussion on the lack or core commits > > > > reviews. With Git you end with commits bursts or big patches and it's > > then > > > > hard to review and too late to share ideas. > > > > > > > > So unlike Adrian, I'm even strongly against it. I will not hesitate to > > use > > > > a -1 if necessary! > > > > > > > > Jacques > > > > > > > > > > > > Le 20/04/2015 09:53, Adrian Crum a écrit : > > > > > > > >> I don't agree that "all major contributors are using git." > > > >> > > > >> Personally, I find Git to be an overly complicated solution to a > > simple > > > >> problem. It frequently does bizarre things that no one understands, > > and you > > > >> are left with things being mysteriously reverted for unknown reasons. > > > >> > > > >> This isn't a -1 vote though. I'm just making it clear that I will be > > > >> dragged kicking and screaming into using it. > > > >> > > > >> Adrian Crum > > > >> Sandglass Software > > > >> www.sandglass-software.com > > > >> > > > >> On 4/20/2015 5:38 AM, Hans Bakker wrote: > > > >> > > > >>> As discussed at apachecon in Austin, i propose to switch from svn to > > git > > > >>> for the ofbiz repository. The main reason being that all major > > > >>> contributors are using git and contributions are cumbersome, further, > > > >>> git allows for better branching and merging. > > > >>> > > > >>> Regards, > > > >>> Hans > > > >>> > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > >
