Thank you, I'll have a look at the links later that day. I personally have no problem with SVN (would use git-svn anyway), but like the energy on the 'switch to git'-topic. I have no feelings against github nor gitlab.
Thank you people, looking forward to be a part. 2015-11-04 7:05 GMT+01:00 Karl Lindén <[email protected]>: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA512 > > On 11/03/15 23:41, Marc Joliet wrote: > > On Tuesday 03 November 2015 21:50:27 Karl Lindén wrote: > >> However, I think we should migrate the overlay to git before > >> doing any further work, since the development has completely > >> stalled and I think more people would be keen to contribute if > >> we would use a VCS that is more widely used by the community. > >> Also git is now used for the main tree. Additionally git has a > >> nicer workflow with things like pull requests, whereas SVN merely > >> has patches. > >> > >> I will migrate the overlay in a few days if I do not here any > >> complaints. (People have actually already done this, in protest > >> against SVN...) > > > > Cool, I was actually going to ask about that. As someone who > > would also like to make some (minor) contributions, I welcome > > this. > > > > FWIW, after the main portage tree moved to git and the official > > GitHub mirror opened, I've been motivated to get various (minor) > > changes I made locally (e.g., patches and ebuild modifications) > > into the portage tree. So far I've gotten four pull requests > > merged, and a patch for gentoolkit got upstreamed. So my own > > experience makes me agree with the idea that a move to Git could > > definitely help motivate people to participate more. > > > I wonder where we should put the official git version of the overlay. > On GitHub or on GitLab? Both can handle pull/merge requests, issues > and wiki/homepage, so functionality wise I think it does not matter. > However, I know some people feel strongly against GitHub since it is a > proprietary service and that would make GitLab a better candidate. A > reason to use GitHub, though, is that more people are likely to use > GitHub since also the gentoo main repo (mirror) is on GitHub. > > I can live with any of these, but I prefer GitLab since it is FOSS, > but if someone prefers GitHub I am fine with it and I will not be > stubborn to push for GitLab. > > Please tell me which you all would like best GitHub, GitLab, or maybe > something else. > > Regards > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.1 > > iQJ8BAEBCgBmBQJWOaAaXxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w > ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXQzQjJDQkQ0QjAzQ0JGMUVBQkJFQzM0QkQ3 > NjRDMDk3OTVDODEyQjk3AAoJEHZMCXlcgSuXwJ4P/0USdVwZ5w4phz4gxx66AvnF > apsn2deC62tbbw/ZYjeqdpmxZOWRMyi2MsfLxVvg1CPXi6Ocl4gukDcauvj5V5Zm > 2kvOW/G0XdCCiwISQAAq2Aaia5bN+Z4O/1t6/7p+vDKeB/6Xr2LSv8LxNIOR9OKj > gM/wa5hTCLV048L2WF3tdcNDmre3f4eiM/UZU+8qvw7ZGwxATplajKJ4isKdk+IS > o4LZOtAjChjm50L4U2tdlS5MIiMHPgM5UKmV59DT2D6EXByHzy1fC1wv6pJ0LCF7 > TNuJCfmC20IZv/Fb6At2FTMH64HEJQG0VjZC8URlTFFQBzhl7SkNN78jYVwGgNm0 > JyzUD+R24ZwIA9hd1xPXY9NWblIMrtKUYhXqEJ3WoEjpGbDris9POLn9HthNkTR3 > 9hiTj93Wi6A4kfSwxSRyJ5p2EmEOY8/dcTNE3hlzAhZubrsa46RvVOP4oWXex3Ea > q37iUqqJSvjJ8VJl72c77yBTCYnL7P45b4SO2dkc1LCYlzgDZihyjcSGEOpDh4Xg > C5NEAhjRzuLMcxunPL0BWu96nfYAGehLisfgZTeLunmrb1iDI4cabzK1ncGL44bX > 7oiY+eS0SvpZQI0t2y0D19V5ysTzqVwNqEJkAv+bZOXUH9TUwWo8nRxhSFxBBoJ2 > 0rnqhldXKm2MerlsYDIe > =H1nB > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > >
