There is a legal issue as well. Uploading a patch to JIRA requires the user to grant apache license to use the code. A pull request from github does not. This is all being hashed out elsewhere, none of us here are experts.
On 3/22/12 2:08 PM, "Russell Jurney" <russell.jur...@gmail.com> wrote: >If there is already a trial going, the project would benefit from >switching >to git, as we could then (I think?) accept pull requests on github. Maybe >not, I'm not familiar with integrating multiple gits. Barrier of entry >for >contributing would then drop dramatically, making happy for all. > >On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Daniel Dai <da...@hortonworks.com> wrote: > >> This can be done in the future but I don't see there is an urgent need >> for that. I'd rather wait for Apache to standardize the process and we >> can easily follow and switch, rather than become the first several to >> try and solve the infrastructure problem. >> >> Daniel >> >> On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 12:02 PM, Jonathan Coveney <jcove...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > If people don't know git or svn, they are going to have to learn one >>or >> the >> > other if they want to work with open source projects. It might as >>well be >> > git, since that's where things are going. >> > >> > 2012/3/22 Scott Carey <sc...@richrelevance.com> >> > >> >> Apache is currently doing a trial with git as the primary repo using >>the >> >> CouchDB project. Other projects may be able to volunteer to join the >> >> trial, I'm not sure. >> >> >> >> see http://git-wip-us.apache.org/ >> >> >> >> I suggest that if you are interested in this join the apache >> >> infrastructure-dev list. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On 3/21/12 9:57 PM, "Russell Jurney" <russell.jur...@gmail.com> >>wrote: >> >> >> >> >What's the work? >> >> > >> >> >Russell Jurney http://datasyndrome.com >> >> > >> >> >On Mar 21, 2012, at 9:39 PM, Dmitriy Ryaboy <dvrya...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> > >> >> >> All that's left is for someone to volunteer to do the work. >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mar 21, 2012, at 9:17 PM, Russell Jurney < >> russell.jur...@gmail.com> >> >> >>wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >>> What do we have to do to be the first real project that uses git? >> >> >>> Let's do that. Or, let's just sink svn to github. >> >> >>> >> >> >>> It will propel the project forward. >> >> >>> >> >> >>> Russell Jurney >> >> >>> twitter.com/rjurney >> >> >>> russell.jur...@gmail.com >> >> >>> datasyndrome.com >> >> >>> >> >> >>> On Mar 21, 2012, at 9:04 PM, Bill Graham <billgra...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> >>> >> >> >>>> I think this is the tweet (lacking the entire discussion tree >>that >> we >> >> >>>>had >> >> >>>> re git) where I was pointing out that some incubator projects >>were >> >> >>>>using >> >> >>>> git. >> >> >>>> >> >> >>>> https://twitter.com/#!/billgraham/status/174744199407738880 >> >> >>>> >> >> >>>> >> >> >>>> On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 12:47 PM, Russell Jurney >> >> >>>> <russell.jur...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >> >>>> >> >> >>>>> I think this changed, and you are now allowed. Looking for the >> >> >>>>>tweets. >> >> >>>>> >> >> >>>>> Russell Jurney http://datasyndrome.com >> >> >>>>> >> >> >>>>> On Mar 21, 2012, at 9:36 AM, Alan Gates <ga...@hortonworks.com> >> >> >>>>>wrote: >> >> >>>>> >> >> >>>>>> AFAIK Apache still does not support git as a primary >>repository. >> >> >>>>>>You >> >> >>>>> can use the git mirror, which Pig does. If this has changed >>(or >> >> >>>>>when it >> >> >>>>> does), I'm +0 on changing, by which I mean I don't care which >>we >> use. >> >> >>>>>> >> >> >>>>>> Alan. >> >> >>>>>> >> >> >>>>>> On Mar 20, 2012, at 11:22 PM, Jonathan Coveney wrote: >> >> >>>>>> >> >> >>>>>>> Would anyone be opposed to doing this? I think you can apply >>to >> do >> >> >>>>>>>this >> >> >>>>> via >> >> >>>>>>> Apache, no? It would be nice to make git the first class >> citizen of >> >> >>>>>>> choice... forcing developers to use svn to work with pig is >>just >> >> >>>>>>>another >> >> >>>>>>> barrier, imho. I thought this had been bandied about on >>Twitter >> >> >>>>>>>and the >> >> >>>>>>> like, but not sure if it's been discussed seriously on the >> >> >>>>>>>listserv. >> >> >>>>>>> >> >> >>>>>>> Would love y'all's opinions on the matter >> >> >>>>>>> Jon >> >> >>>>>> >> >> >>>>> >> >> >>>> >> >> >>>> >> >> >>>> >> >> >>>> -- >> >> >>>> *Note that I'm no longer using my Yahoo! email address. Please >> email >> >> >>>>me at >> >> >>>> billgra...@gmail.com going forward.* >> >> >> >> >> > > > >-- >Russell Jurney twitter.com/rjurney russell.jur...@gmail.com >datasyndrome.com