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
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