+1 On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 09:35, Vincent Massol <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Mar 19, 2011, at 4:23 AM, Sergiu Dumitriu wrote: > > > On 03/18/2011 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 > > > > Offline commits, and offline (and faster and more powerful) access to > > the full commit history are very important in my opinion. > > > >> * 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 visibility/recognition for the contributors, since they are > > preserved as the authors. > > > >> * 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) > > > > I wouldn't call it a better SCM site, since other tools offer nice views > > of the repository. But it is a better source *collaboration* site since > > it shows forks/branches/pulls very nicely. > > > >> * 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 > > > > svnsearch won't be that needed since git/github offer many of those > > tools natively, but the graphs from svnsearch are easier to obtain and > > show live. > > > > IDE integrations should work just as well (if not better) with Git. > > > >> * 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 > > > > +1, I've been doing this for a couple of years already and I'm happy > > with the experience. > > > > * POM changes for the new repository configuration. > > > >> Cons: > >> * Have to learn a new SCM/new tools > >> * No integration of users with xwiki.org > > > > Do you mean that access rights should be defined in xwiki.org as it is > > now, with the CommittersGroup? I guess that's not possible. > > Yes that's what I meant. > > > > >> * Import/reorg work to be done obviously > > > > I already started doing that, I should find some time to finish > > Please let's focus frist on the 3.0 final release before we start working > on Git :) > > > importing applications and plugins. Before doing the final switch I > > should re-synchronize with the svn repository. > > > > Should the contrib repository be imported as well? > > I'd say yes. We need to check how well the SVN integration works in GitHub > > > One problem is that the default size limit is for 300M of data, and > > we're already approaching that limit (thanks to the early non-maven days > > when we bundled all the jars in our repo). I think that if we request > > it, we'll be granted more space for free, as an open source project. > > Well we better ask ASAP before we start any move since this is critical for > a move. > > >> * 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) > > > > Yep, a lot of big names are moving there. > > > >> IMO the pros heavily outweight the cons. > >> > >> WDYT? > > > > +1. > > > > And replying to your other mail, +1 for doing it after the 3.0 release, > > but as soon as possible after that, so that we can get familiar with it > > and iron out any quirks before the 3.1M1 release. > > > > We should write a GitApp, similar to the SvnApp, which works directly > > with a git repository. > > Sure but I'd rather we quickly verify that the current SVNApp works with > the GitHub SVN integration for now. > > 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
