On the Avro project, several folk generate a patch using git and upload that to the JIRA, it patches fine using unix 'patch'. Why do you need to switch to svn to generate the patch?
A committer needs to apply the patch to a location checked out with svn, but that is trivial. On 3/27/12 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 >>
