Re: Repository change to SVN, Jan 28th

[David Ayers]

Sheldon Gill schrieb:
> David Ayers wrote:
> 
>> You mean other than releases?  Well since we have defined repository
>> states through revision numbers, I can't think of any necessity for more
>> tags.  It's not like gnustep is seeing the kind of development activity
>> like, say, GCC.  But maybe you have something specific in mind?
> 
> 
> Main releases are obvious. I'm wondering about branch snapshots.

Not sure why you'd want a snapshot of a branch unless your releasing
from branch (as in dedicated release branches with bugfix releases à la
GCC).

>>>   - Are we going to import more vendor trees? (like ffcall, portaudio
>>> etc)
>>
>>
>> I think we should keep anything not FSF assigned in a separate
>> repository so we have clear boundaries from where we can blindly
>> copy-and-paste code.  Other than that I think there should be a
>> dedicated maintainer(s) for any external vendor tree who will keep them
>> up to date.
> 
> 
> I'm not sure we need a separate repository. Wouldn't a vendor directory
> tree would make the boundary equally clear?
> Other than that, I'm in agreement with this.
> 

IMO the copyright assignment boundary should be pretty clear especially
if we have all projects at top level as was originally proposed, IIRC.
I'm still in favor of a separate repository, but that's just my opinion.

Cheers,
David