As much as I love git I also don't think now is the time to switch. We currently have a solution that allows people to develop with svn or with git, depending on their preferences. It's also possible to collaborate with other developers on large patches using git and post links to diff's on github.
The only pain point is that code submissions to JIRAs must be in patch form (from svn or git), not links to diffs or pull requests. This pain does not justify migrating from SVN to git imho. Not to mention that migrating wouldn't fix this pain point. Also there are still many developers out there who are more comfortable using SVN. While I agree that git is the way if the future, we should be hesitant of alienating an svn user who stumbles on a bug and wants to submit a patch but doesn't know git. I fail to see any real advantage to making git the primary repo at this point. On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 9:41 AM, Gianmarco De Francisci Morales < g...@apache.org> wrote: > The fact is that git does not impose a development model, so it requires a > bit more self discipline compared to svn. > For example, let's say you create one branch for every Jira. > And imagine you want to keep posting patches to Jira so that people can > download and apply them, or have an equivalent. > The patch in git would be the diff between the last commit before the merge > and the start of the branch. > But then you must be very careful with not cross merging among branches, no > cherry-picking, and be very careful with rebasing. > What do you do if your brach cannot merge and you need to rebase it? > What if other people had branched off your branch and you rebase it? > > These are not issues that cannot be solved but it takes a bit of discipline > and thought on how to design and integrate the new development model. > > Cheers, > -- > Gianmarco > > > > On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 11:36, Russell Jurney <russell.jur...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > Gianmarco, can you elaborate a bit on the fuzziness? > > > > On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 2:26 AM, Gianmarco De Francisci Morales < > > g...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > > My 2 cents, based on the S4 project experience so far (they have git) > is > > +1 > > > but later. > > > > > > The process with git is still a bit fuzzy and not fully integrated and > > > standardized like the one with svn. > > > I personally use git for all my dev work with Pig, but then switch to > svn > > > to generate the final patch. A bit cumbersome but not so bad. > > > > > > Switching now will generate confusion and is not that urgent in my > humble > > > opinion. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > -- > > > Gianmarco > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 01:27, Dmitriy Ryaboy <dvrya...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > There is a check box you check when you upload a patch. If we > committed > > > > without verifying you checked it, thats an unfortunate oversight. > > > > > > > > No, you cant send a pull request via github to apache. That's a > github > > > > (commercial entity) feature, not a git (open source vcs) feature. > > > > > > > > Yes you can post a link on a Jira and ask people for review prior to > > > > submitting a formal patch. No that's not review board or Jira > > > integration. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mar 22, 2012, at 5:59 PM, Russell Jurney < > russell.jur...@gmail.com> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > That is fine. Only committers can merge pull requests. Not a > > problem. > > > > > > > > > > I've never signed anything, and committers take my patches. Works > > the > > > > same. > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Scott Carey < > > sc...@richrelevance.com > > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > >> 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 > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Russell Jurney twitter.com/rjurney russell.jur...@gmail.com > > > > datasyndrome.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Russell Jurney twitter.com/rjurney russell.jur...@gmail.com > > datasyndrome.com > > > -- *Note that I'm no longer using my Yahoo! email address. Please email me at billgra...@gmail.com going forward.*
