+1 --- Ryan Scherle --- Data Repository Architect --- Dryad Data Repository
On Jan 12, 2012, at 5:29 PM, Tim Donohue wrote: > All, > > In yesterday's DSpace Developers Meeting > (http://irclogs.duraspace.org/index.php?date=2012-01-11), those in > attendance took some time to (re-)discuss a possible migration of the > DSpace codebase from SVN to GitHub. This has been a recent "hot topic" > in weekly developer meetings as more and more of us become familiar with > Git/GitHub (often through other projects or local development > practices). Despite strong support from some developers/committers, > there are many more who are still "on the fence" at this time. > > During yesterday's meeting, we came to the conclusion that we need to > come to a final decision soon on whether to migrate to GitHub (if we are > going to do so before the next DSpace release). > > Therefore, a public vote is scheduled for Weds, Feb 29, 2012. We feel > this will give us all more time to play with Git/GitHub over the next > month and a half, so that we can have an informed discussion and come to > a final decision. > > *ALL DEVELOPERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO TRY OUT GITHUB BEFORE FEB 29 AND > PROVIDE YOUR FEEDBACK* > > We encourage *everyone* to provide their honest feedback on this > listserv, so that we can better gauge support or lack thereof. Please > ask questions! Feel free to act as a "devil's advocate" if you see fit. > We want to be sure we all are thinking about the implications of a > migration from SVN to GitHub! > > For those who are new to Git/GitHub, here's some resources that you may > find useful (if others know of more resources, please feel free to share > them): > > * Peter Dietz has setup a DSpace mirror repository in GitHub already > (this is a synced copy of the code in SVN), which you can fork & play > with immediately. See the documentation for it at: > https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/wiki > > * More info from Peter on how to Track your DSpace Code with Git: > https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/Tracking+your+source+code+with+Git > > * An intro to Git for folks familiar with SVN: > http://git.or.cz/course/svn.html > > * The Fedora developers have already switched to GitHub and compiled a > nice list of Git resources on their wiki: > https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/FCREPO/Git+Resources > > * In addition, the Fedora developers have a very useful "Quick Start > Guide" and "Best Practices" (many of which are not necessarily Fedora > specific): > https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/FCREPO/Git+Guidelines+and+Best+Practices > https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/FCREPO/Git+Quick+Start+Guide > > We hope to hear your questions, concerns & honest feedback in the coming > weeks! On February 29, we will hold a final discussion of this migration > during our Developers Meeting. I will then call a public vote on this > topic via this listserv. Based on our DSpace voting procedures > (https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/Developer+Voting+Procedures), > if a majority are in favor of a migration to GitHub then we will start > the migration shortly thereafter. If a majority are opposed, then our > primary codebase will remain in SVN. > > If you have questions, concerns or feedback, please let us know! > > - Tim > > -- > Tim Donohue > Technical Lead for DSpace Project > DuraSpace.org > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > RSA(R) Conference 2012 > Mar 27 - Feb 2 > Save $400 by Jan. 27 > Register now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev2 > _______________________________________________ > Dspace-devel mailing list > Dspace-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ Dspace-devel mailing list Dspace-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-devel
