On 2013-08-21, at 16:54 , Pekka Jääskeläinen <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > As git was yearned for once more at IRC, I hereby state that I do not have > any > technical reason to stubbornly stick to bzr (and Launchpad) for pocl ;) > > The main reasons that led to choose bzr over the several DVCS alternatives > in 2008 (for TCE from which pocl inherited the decision) are not valid > anymore. The main reasons back then were that there was no clear winner > in DVCSs, bzr had native Windows support, and the centralized mode had short > learning curve to svn/cvs users. Nowadays everyone is familiar with the git > workflow, it is probably the most popular one now, and there seems to be > even a native Windows client. > > It has a big weight if most of the developers are used to work with it in > comparison to be forced to use something they do not like or are not > motivated to learn (due to its obscurity) so... it's just a matter of > arrangements. > > Questions it boils down to: > > 0) Should we move to git? From the previous discussions, I guess > the other active developers (who are affected mostly by the > transition) clearly vote for yes and I do not object. Yes. Yes! Yes please! > 1) Where to move the repository? It should have good issue/bug tracking > too. Is GitHub the best? The most active developers should have the > choice. I do not have an opinion on this. GitHub is fine. Personally, I prefer BitBucket. Doesn't LaunchPad support git as well? However, I find its user interface confusing, and much prefer BitBucket (or GitHub). > 2) How is the transition done? bzr-git can be used to preserve > version history? What about the bugs? Just move open ones manually and > leave the closed ones be? Yes, version history should be preserved. Copying open bugs over should be fine -- I hope there are not too many? > 3) Who does the transition? I have moved other project to git before -- I can do this. I volunteer for the git part; it would be good if someone else copied the bug reports. -erik -- Erik Schnetter <[email protected]> http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/personal/eschnetter/ My email is as private as my paper mail. I therefore support encrypting and signing email messages. Get my PGP key from http://pgp.mit.edu/.
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