Re: Use CVS or anyother SCM?. git?

[Klaus Weiss]

> > I'm not active yet, but I also like git.  I've untangled some bad
> > mistakes in it already.
> >
> > Also, note that git has a cvspserver to allow most CVS-using tools
> > access (Emacs out of the box has a CVS-using menu!  but there's
> > probably a proper git-mode by now).
> 
> At the git-core package I see:
> 
>   /usr/share/doc/git-core/contrib/emacs/git.el
>   /usr/share/doc/git-core/contrib/emacs/vc-git.el
> 
> 
> > I think it's SVN's centralised 
> > model which is obsolete now - and I don't think SVN is compatible with
> > anything else yet, is it?
> 
> I agree with you MJ!.  CVS and SVN's centralized model is obsolete. We could 
> try to use git to this new architecture design.  Now I understand because 
> Klaus did not sent us a cvs diff patch. It is totally different. Opening a 
> branch on CVS dos not have too much sense?. It will be almost all new code.

Exactly! Well, this isn't really a `bug` in cvs - diff was simply never
build to `fix` this issue, it is just diff :).

Maybe git has developed a better solution, I don't know.


> Klaus could follow improving his proposal via tar-ball. When it be ready we 
> could try to setup a new 'official' git repository at Savannah.  What do you 
> think?

IMO it is the best way how we can do that. From time to time I will send
you my current work so everybody can give suggestions and can help if
they want. 

Anyway I would also propose to use git as our next repository.