Re: Proposal: Switch back to savannah using GIT

[Germán Arias]

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