There was a talk last year, about the possibility of switching. At least one long-time member said if we fully switched, they'd leave the project in bad terms.
On 15 February 2017 at 11:41, Magnus Johnsson <magnus...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sure, but, do you know that its a fact? Has anyone checked recently? We > are talking vehemently against it here, right, not 'minor annoyance'? > Not calling anyone out here, would just love to hear some input on what > they want from the repository system. No pooflinging, promise. > > 2017-02-15 11:35 GMT+01:00 David Quintana (gigaherz) <gigah...@gmail.com>: > >> The number doesn't matter. The ReactOS project can't afford to lost any >> long-time members. Git would be a benefit for all of us, but it has to be a >> benefit for ALL of us. SVN works well enough meanwhile, even if passing >> patch files around is rather 1990s. >> >> On 15 February 2017 at 11:30, Magnus Johnsson <magnus...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> How many developers are we talking about here? :) >>> >>> 2017-02-15 11:19 GMT+01:00 Ged Murphy <gedmurphy.mailli...@gmail.com>: >>> >>>> Yeah, I had a meeting about this last week at work. We’re slowly doing >>>> the same, pushing all new projects to use tfs git, and give existing >>>> projects using vsts the option to convert if they wish. >>>> >>>> Git is far better at managing developers working in remote locations, >>>> and as most of the software industry has already moved towards devs working >>>> remotely, it makes sense. There are very few big companies no longer using >>>> a distributed system such as git or mercurial. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> That fact that open source projects, which are inherently built on devs >>>> being remote, are still reluctant to move from a centralized to a >>>> distributed system seems archaic and self-detrimental. It’s a shame to hold >>>> the project back because a few devs are unwilling to move forward. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> A distributed system can do everything a centralized system can do if >>>> you decide to model it in that way, and so much more if you decide to model >>>> it in other ways. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Ged. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *From:* Ros-dev [mailto:ros-dev-boun...@reactos.org] *On Behalf Of *David >>>> Quintana (gigaherz) >>>> *Sent:* 15 February 2017 09:57 >>>> *To:* ReactOS Development List <ros-dev@reactos.org> >>>> *Subject:* Re: [ros-dev] Microsoft switched to Git >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Unlike us, Microsoft probably doesn't care if a few of the developers >>>> would rather quit than switch. ;P >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 15 February 2017 at 10:40, Colin Finck <co...@reactos.org> wrote: >>>> >>>> https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/bharry/2017/02/03/scaling-g >>>> it-and-some-back-story/ >>>> >>>> I didn't expect Microsoft to switch to Git sooner than us.. >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Ros-dev mailing list >>>> Ros-dev@reactos.org >>>> http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Ros-dev mailing list >>>> Ros-dev@reactos.org >>>> http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Ros-dev mailing list >>> Ros-dev@reactos.org >>> http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ros-dev mailing list >> Ros-dev@reactos.org >> http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Ros-dev mailing list > Ros-dev@reactos.org > http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev >
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