Big +1 here. Caleb
On 03/18/2011 05:41 AM, Vincent Massol wrote: > +1 but provided: > > 1) We don't this before 3.0 final is released > 2) We verify first that we can read/write using the GitHub SVN bridge and > that the SVNApp works with GitHub (since some users are using it for contrib) > > Thanks > -Vincent > > On Mar 18, 2011, at 10:40 AM, Vincent Massol wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> I'd like test the waters and see what you'd feel about moving XWiki's source >> to GitHub. >> >> Pros: >> * Use Git instead of Subversion. Which means a better SCM especially wrt >> branching / diagnosins bugs (bissect) just to name 2 >> * More contributors since it's easy to fork/branch and we can see >> contributor's patches (pull requests) and apply them way more easily than >> with subversion >> * More collaboration in general between committers and contributors >> * A better SCM web site (check github.com - offers graphs/stats, views of >> forked/branched repos, etc) >> * Good buzz for us (tech marketing) >> * GitHub provides SVN integration (see >> https://github.com/blog/644-subversion-write-support) which means we can >> continue using SVN tools such as svnsearch, ohloh, our IDE integrations, etc >> * Less admin work and less maintenance since this is handled by GitHub itself >> * Good uptime on GitHub (probably at least as good as ours if not better) >> * Improved developer spirit since most devs wants to start using Git >> >> Cons: >> * Have to learn a new SCM/new tools >> * No integration of users with xwiki.org >> * Import/reorg work to be done obviously >> * Reliance on an external provider (but seen the other OSS projects there >> I'm not worried and there's no lock in since your have the repos spread on >> all users' machines) >> >> IMO the pros heavily outweight the cons. >> >> WDYT? >> >> Thanks >> -Vincent >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
