Is it necessary to remove stuff from the old server on a strict timescale? Wouldn't it solve a few of these issues of that old version was just left to languish for a while?
- Andrew On Thu, 2006-06-29 at 11:01 -0600, David E. Jones wrote: > We've been mostly ready for the SVN server move for a while now, with license > issues out of the way and such. We don't need all CLAs on file before moving > to the new SVN server, we just need that before we can graduate from the > incubator. That is getting pretty close to done, as are many other things, so > we are actually pretty close to graduation. > > For the SVN move we'll use something like the following process. Because of > this we'll want to do it during a slower time, so I'm planning on working on > this on Saturday. Things are usually pretty slow starting around mid-day > Friday, but Saturday is probably better. Here are the steps: > > 1. shut off all commit access to the old SVN server > (http://svn.ofbiz.org/svn/ofbiz/trunk) > > 2. do a fresh checkout from the old server and import the relevant parts of > the repository to the new server (which will be at: > http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/ofbiz/trunk) > > 3. remove the parts added to the new SVN server from the old SVN server (only > specialized and such will remain); this will happen a few days after the > original repository is removed to avoid problems with people accidentally > doing an "svn up" against the old server; we'll warn against this but I > GUARANTEE we'll get complaints because people will do this and watch their > local checkout (except for modified/added files) get cleaned out; this isn't > a huge problem as you can always start with a new checkout, but copying files > over files that have changed may result in cutting out changes in the > repository; I'll try to warn about this and perhaps I'm being pessimistic, > but I'm sure people will do it and cause themselves problems, and possibly > cause problems with patches submitted for up to a few weeks after this switch > > 4. restore commit access as needed for the old server; commit access can be > used immediately on the new server > > Please note that after this move you'll need to start checking out from the > new server. Because not all of the old SVN repository will be moved to the > new server changing the location will have to be done on just the moved > resources. It can be done without re-checking out using the "svn switch" > command, something like the following (for example only) from the ofbiz home > directory: > > $ svn switch http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/ofbiz/ framework/ > > If anyone has any thoughts or commentary on this, let me know. > > -David > -- Kind Regards Andrew Sykes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sykes Development Ltd http://www.sykesdevelopment.com
