I've been thinking about this for quite some time, but the website(s) being down prompted me to finally post it.
I know that Paraview and VTK have been using cvs for a very long time, but perhaps it might be time to consider migrating to a more modern source code management (SCM) system - for example, git. At the moment (with the cvs repository being down), a vital point of git is that it is a truly distributed SCM. With git it's possible to have mirrored sites (eg, http://repo.or.cz) at no extra cost. And it is also possible to continue to work and commit on a personal local branch without the reference repository being online at all. There are, of course, a huge number of other advantages, but rather than rehash everything I'll just give two urls: http://versioncontrolblog.com/comparison/CVS/Git/index.html http://whygitisbetterthanx.com The second site (despite the name) does provide objective numbers in the comparison and also gives a good quick overview of a few types of workflows possible with git. Since the Linux kernel is managed with git, presumably Paraview/VTK should not pose a problem. Even if the developers wish to continue with cvs, a git mirror would be possible. Here is a posting about how the emacs cvs has been mirrored to git: http://www.mail-archive.com/emacs-pretest-...@gnu.org/msg12529.html Having local access to the cvs repository would certainly be a huge advantage when creating the initial git mirror. Another alternative would be to start with a "big bang" and simply freeze the cvs repository at a particular point and start with git as of a particular snapshot. It would, of course, be better (and nicer) if either of these were officially sanctioned by Kitware. How much willingness would there be for modernizing the SCM used? /mark This e-mail message and any attachments may contain legally privileged, confidential or proprietary Information, or information otherwise protected by law of EMCON Technologies, its affiliates, or third parties. This notice serves as marking of its "Confidential" status as defined in any confidentiality agreements concerning the sender and recipient. If you are not the intended recipient(s), or the employee or agent responsible for delivery of this message to the intended recipient(s), you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify the sender and delete this e-mail message from your computer. _______________________________________________ ParaView mailing list ParaView@paraview.org http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview
