Re: [Kde-scm-interest] On Amarok Switching to Git

2009-01-18 Thread Thiago Macieira
Johannes Sixt wrote: >Thiago Macieira schrieb: >> Ian Monroe wrote: * the unresolved issue of accountability >>> >>> This is the main issue I see. I hear there are solutions though? >> >> We have to see whether Git notes solves the problem. > >I still don't see a need for this. Just build a n

Re: [Kde-scm-interest] On Amarok Switching to Git

2009-01-18 Thread Johannes Sixt
Ian Monroe schrieb: > On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 5:17 PM, Thiago Macieira wrote: >> * should we use a patch-submission-and-review system? (probably not) > > no. Don't throw patch submission and review into the same bucket. I can understand that you want to dispense with patch submission. But if KD

Re: [Kde-scm-interest] On Amarok Switching to Git

2009-01-18 Thread Teemu Likonen
Ian Monroe (2009-01-18 10:29 -0600) wrote: > On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Robert Wohlrab wrote: >> Please note that git tracks everything by its sha1. So rebasing a >> branch will change its sha1's and you will get the same stuff as >> above. So I would say nobody should have forced push r

Re: [Kde-scm-interest] On Amarok Switching to Git

2009-01-18 Thread Jeff Mitchell
Ian Monroe wrote: >> Beyond that, I think all the other issues can be resolved "in conference" >> with the Amarok developers. I know Thiago isn't volunteering, but I >> *think* there are others on the list that may have time to discuss (and >> possibly implement) this. I work a normal, US-Central

Re: [Kde-scm-interest] On Amarok Switching to Git

2009-01-18 Thread Johannes Sixt
Thiago Macieira schrieb: > Ian Monroe wrote: >>> * the unresolved issue of accountability >> This is the main issue I see. I hear there are solutions though? > > We have to see whether Git notes solves the problem. I still don't see a need for this. Just build a network of trust (or better, make

Re: [Kde-scm-interest] On Amarok Switching to Git

2009-01-18 Thread Thiago Macieira
Ian Monroe wrote: >You don't see any benefit to having a project like Amarok try things > out? Of course I do. -- Thiago Macieira - thiago (AT) macieira.info - thiago (AT) kde.org PGP/GPG: 0x6EF45358; fingerprint: E067 918B B660 DBD1 105C 966C 33F5 F005 6EF4 5358 signature.asc Des

Re: [Kde-scm-interest] On Amarok Switching to Git

2009-01-18 Thread Thiago Macieira
Ian Monroe wrote: >> SVN externs are not a problem. They just die. Get rid of them right >> now, on SVN (they are hurting you now because you're using git-svn). >> SVN and Git users will thank you. > >Actually we already got rid of them. I was confused. :) > >Still we need to have this info recorde

Re: [Kde-scm-interest] On Amarok Switching to Git

2009-01-18 Thread Ian Monroe
On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Thiago Macieira wrote: > Ian Monroe wrote: >>> I see both reasons as valid. However, I thought being "part of KDE" >>> meant being maintained under the same source control. That said, >>> Amarok survived fine being not "part of KDE" in the past and I think >>> i

Re: [Kde-scm-interest] On Amarok Switching to Git

2009-01-18 Thread Dmitry Suzdalev
On Sunday 18 January 2009 20:21:15 Thiago Macieira wrote: > I, for one, would advocate for kdelibs to switch to Git[*]. That way, we > force everyone to start using it and learning it. Great idea (about learning)! As I feel that I know some git basics, but I really miss the general flow feeling of

Re: [Kde-scm-interest] On Amarok Switching to Git

2009-01-18 Thread Thiago Macieira
Ian Monroe wrote: >> I see both reasons as valid.  However, I thought being "part of KDE" >> meant being maintained under the same source control.  That said, >> Amarok survived fine being not "part of KDE" in the past and I think >> it could flourish there again. > >Amarok has been in KDE SVN sinc

Re: [Kde-scm-interest] On Amarok Switching to Git

2009-01-18 Thread Ian Monroe
On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 7:58 AM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Saturday 17 January 2009, Casey Link wrote > about 'Re: [Kde-scm-interest] On Amarok Switching to Git': >>Leo and I brought this topic up at a break a few minutes ago during >>Camp KDE, and immediately Chani and Thomas jumped in.

Re: [Kde-scm-interest] On Amarok Switching to Git

2009-01-18 Thread Ian Monroe
On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Robert Wohlrab wrote: > On Sunday 18 January 2009 16:52:18 Ian Monroe wrote: > [..] >> > * who will have push rights? To which branches? Who can create branches? >> > Which branches/repos will allow force-pushes? >> Well everyone will have push rights. I don't kn

Re: [Kde-scm-interest] On Amarok Switching to Git

2009-01-18 Thread Robert Wohlrab
On Sunday 18 January 2009 16:52:18 Ian Monroe wrote: [..] > > * who will have push rights? To which branches? Who can create branches? > > Which branches/repos will allow force-pushes? > Well everyone will have push rights. I don't know what a force push is. Normally you can only push if you do a

Re: [Kde-scm-interest] On Amarok Switching to Git

2009-01-18 Thread Ian Monroe
On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 5:17 PM, Thiago Macieira wrote: > Ian Monroe wrote: >>* Scripty. Its somewhat of a mystery where it is and how this thing >>works. :) So it just needs to clone the central git repo, and perhaps >>use a stable branch in the future. It should commit the translation >>files ba

Re: [Kde-scm-interest] On Amarok Switching to Git

2009-01-18 Thread Albert Astals Cid
A Dissabte 17 Gener 2009, Ian Monroe va escriure: > So most Amarok devs use git-svn now, and there's a growing consensus > that switching to Git would make life easier. So I'd like to request > assistance and pointers on how to actually go about doing this. > > I understand from reading the archive

Re: [Kde-scm-interest] On Amarok Switching to Git

2009-01-18 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Saturday 17 January 2009, Casey Link wrote about 'Re: [Kde-scm-interest] On Amarok Switching to Git': >Leo and I brought this topic up at a break a few minutes ago during >Camp KDE, and immediately Chani and Thomas jumped in. We started >discussing technical and social hurdles that have to be

Re: [Kde-scm-interest] On Amarok Switching to Git

2009-01-18 Thread Casey Link
Hello, Leo and I brought this topic up at a break a few minutes ago during Camp KDE, and immediately Chani and Thomas jumped in. We started discussing technical and social hurdles that have to be crossed before all of KDE can ditch svn for good. The more I think about it, the more I like the idea