git to replace CVS, Bugzilla, mailing lists, more at Eclipse.org

With all the DVCS talk at EclipseCon and in The Bug, I quickly became convinced git is the way to go. With git, we can not only remove CVS and SVN, but Bugzilla also. Want to report a bug? Just file a git. Got a patch? Just commit it, and git will figure itself out.

Mailing lists? No more. Just send a git, and everyone will get it. Got it?

XMPP and IRC will also be deprecated — you just need to git someone. For IRC channels, just set up a git hub.

Newsgroups and web forums are so passé. Just post a git.

Our MySQL databases will also be migrated to git. Instead of SQL queries, a git fetch will be used. Much more efficient, and there’s no need for a central servers, as all fetches will be handled by peers.

These are exciting times!

Posted April 1st, 2009 by Denis Roy in category: Uncategorized
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5 Responses to “git to replace CVS, Bugzilla, mailing lists, more at Eclipse.org”

Benjamin Pasero Says:
April 1st, 2009 at 2:05 pm
Nice try
Ian Bull Says:
April 1st, 2009 at 2:08 pm
Very, very, very cool!!! However, we have to be careful because if things are in CVS and Git people may get confused. To help avoid confusion I have removed all projects from CVS that I have access too. Others should quickly do the same. I should start deleting newsgroup messages too. Maybe I’ll start with the EMF newsgroup (not much activity there).
Chris Says:
April 1st, 2009 at 2:27 pm
I’m not sure if this is an April Fool’s joke, or just bitterness at all the requests for Git lately
Antoine Toulme Says:
April 1st, 2009 at 3:53 pm
Cool! Can we have git handle torrents as well ?

Joke aside: Take a look at http://github.com/blog/272-github-pages …
Denis Roy Says:
April 1st, 2009 at 7:29 pm
@Ian: Sure, but I keep hearing that EMF is dead

@Chris: It’s all in good fun. Now git off my lawn!

@Antoine: I can hardly keep up with you as it is .. Don’t put more on my plate!