On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 4:40 PM, Sepherosa Ziehau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 4:14 PM, Matthias Schmidt > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> * Sepherosa Ziehau wrote: >>> >>> Should we import certain version of git into base system? >> >> Do we really need to import git into the base? Users which are upgrading >> from >> a non-git release could use the pkgsrc version and for new users (e.g. after >> 2.2) we can install the pkgsrc git package during the CD bootstrap. >> >> Maintaining git in the base adds another third party piece of software we >> have >> to maintain. If we take it from pkgsrc, we don't have to care about updates
BTW, pkgsrc scmgit's updating is not controlled by us, so why should we risk our project's SCM? >> etc. > > My concern are: > 1) git is kept developping, but we obviously do not need to keep > tracking it (I think they have made some "big" change in 1.4->1.5). I > don't think keep tracking a floating target is good for a project's > SCM. > 2) No tool after the default install could check out the default repository? > > Best Regards, > sephe > > -- > Live Free or Die > -- Live Free or Die
