On Mon, Apr 05 2010, Thomas Adam wrote: > On Mon, Apr 05, 2010 at 07:26:13AM -0700, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> On Mon, Apr 05 2010, Thomas Adam wrote: >> >> > On Mon, Apr 05, 2010 at 09:16:20AM +1000, Kathryn Andersen wrote: >> >> On Sat, Apr 03, 2010 at 06:04:48PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: >> >> > I will of course be responsible for keeping this branch synched so that >> >> > its >> >> > eventual merging with the tip of HEAD will be seamless [0]. >> >> > >> >> > -- Thomas Adam >> >> > >> >> > [0] This is CVS -- what am I saying? It's going to suck. :P Oh, if >> >> > only >> >> > we were using Git... >> >> >> >> It wouldn't be impossible to change over; CVS -> SVN -> GIT >> >> I know, I know, it would still be a huge and painful effort. >> >> >> >> Would it make sense to make a clean break with 2.60? Leave the old >> >> stuff in CVS, but on the 2.60 release, start with a completely new git >> >> repository containing just the released 2.60 code, and continue on from >> >> there? >> > >> > Sometimes, questions are meant to be rhetorical. :) >> >> If they were not, git does provide a means of converting CVS >> over to git, and then provides a fake CVS server that reads from a git >> backend. I won't say it is painless, but it has been known to work >> well. > > You're not telling me things I don't already know, given I am already > involved in the Git project. > > Psychologically though, it's always fascinating to me how far > shed-painting will pull people out of the woodwork, given the > opportunity to voice an opinion which holds no real meaning/weight to > do with the project concerned.
I find that slightly harsh, given that you were the one who broached the subject of converting the VCS to git. And seems like the git cvs server offers a path to doing just that, with no downside to people who happen to prefer CVS. > I'll keep these opinions on file... :) Thanks. This was not an opinion -- nor was it bike shedding, if you consider the nuclear reactor vs bike shed from the original story. This was an off hand response to an off hand comment by a core contributor, and meant to be helpful. manoj -- Most general statements are false, including this one. Alexander Dumas Manoj Srivastava <sriva...@acm.org> <http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 4096R/C5779A1C E37E 5EC5 2A01 DA25 AD20 05B6 CF48 9438 C577 9A1C