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Re: Proposal: Switch back to savannah using GIT
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Germán Arias |
Subject: |
Re: Proposal: Switch back to savannah using GIT |
Date: |
Mon, 25 May 2015 13:28:13 -0600 |
El lun, 25-05-2015 a las 19:37 +0200, Sebastian Reitenbach escribió:
> On 05/25/15 09:09, Gregory Casamento wrote:
> > Hey guys,
> >
> > I wanted to run this past the community to see what the general feeling
> > is. I am considering a move back to savannah utilizing git instead of
> > subversion.
> >
> > The implementation of git on savannah, I believe, allows checkout and
> > check-in VIA subversion. I would at least like to try to maintain a
> > mirror there (like the one on github) so that everything can be accessed
> > in one place and those who want to use git can do so.
> >
> > The reasons I have for thinking about using git are:
> >
> > 1) the branching and cherrypicking capabilities. I think it's well
> > known that git's capabilities in this area far outstrip those of SVN
> > hands-down. I don't think there's any debate on this issue.
> >
> > 2) community. Rightly or wrongly a large community of developers prefer
> > git over any other SCMS. While I understand that certain people in our
> > community don't like git for religious reasons, I also think it's time
> > to reconsider religious arguments for technical decisions.
> >
> > 3) Actively developed. GIT is under active development. There have
> > been few releases of SVN over the last few years. One might attribute
> > this to stability, but there haven't been that many advancements in SVN
> > in a while.
> >
> > 4) Tools. There are a wider range of tools on Linux, Windows and Mac to
> > deal with git repositories these days. Additionally there are tools
> > which can be used to make code reviews much easier.
> >
> > I would like to reach some sort of consensus on this rather than a flame
> > war. I would ask that only active committers comment on this email
> > thread so that we can be clear about the reasons for or against this
> > move. I have stated the reasons I have above.
> >
> > Please let me know what you think.
>
> I'm all for using Git.
>
> Sebastian
>
For me no problem, git is OK.
Germán
- Re: Proposal: Switch back to savannah using GIT, (continued)
- Re: Proposal: Switch back to savannah using GIT, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller, 2015/05/25
- Re: Proposal: Switch back to savannah using GIT, Ivan Vučica, 2015/05/25
- Re: Proposal: Switch back to savannah using GIT, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller, 2015/05/25
- Re: Proposal: Switch back to savannah using GIT, Riccardo Mottola, 2015/05/25
- Re: Proposal: Switch back to savannah using GIT, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller, 2015/05/25
Re: Proposal: Switch back to savannah using GIT, Gregory Casamento, 2015/05/25
Re: Proposal: Switch back to savannah using GIT, Sebastian Reitenbach, 2015/05/25
- Re: Proposal: Switch back to savannah using GIT,
Germán Arias <=
Re: Proposal: Switch back to savannah using GIT, Stefan Bidigaray, 2015/05/28
Re: Proposal: Switch back to savannah using GIT, David Chisnall, 2015/05/29
Re: Proposal: Switch back to savannah using GIT, Gregory Casamento, 2015/05/29