Re: [cdt-dev] Git/Gerrit Proposal

[Doug Schaefer <cdtdoug@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 11:20 AM, Andrew Gvozdev <angvoz.dev@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> +1. Great if this will facilitate the move. However, already a bit familiar
> with git, personally I won't use the test server working on CDT as it will
> just add more hassle. I'll wait for the real thing.
>
> Also, I don't like all-in-one granularity. Normally I am not interested at
> all in debug plugins (sadly, there is no support of dbx). I do not want to
> pull and recompile those (and occasionally hit problems) every time I update
> from main repository. My first preference is [component level repos], and
> then [.project level repos] (see bug 316211) organized in sets on component
> level and global CDT level. I am sure there are some more users like me out
> there too.

As a counter argument, more than one repo will be a real pain in the
you know where for the build scripts and for people who do work on the
whole CDT.

I understand your argument but I wouldn't want to see any more than 5
or so repos.

> Andrew
>
> On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Doug Schaefer <cdtdoug@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> I propose that we schedule in the move from CVS to Git/Gerrit for late
>> September after the completion of CDT 7.0.1.
>>
>> While we're waiting for that, I'll set up a test server that matches
>> the egit server so that we can get some hands on training with the new
>> system. I'll start with the single repository, org.eclipse.cdt. And as
>> we get experience testing with it, we can try different alternatives
>> as needed.
>>
>> I believe this approach gives us the best balance between the needs to
>> learn about all this stuff, the feature completeness of the egit
>> plug-ins, and disturbance in our schedule. That and I agree with both
>> sentiments that we can't wait another year for this and that we're not
>> ready yet.
>>
>> The great news is that the history seems to come across nicely, so we
>> can stop check-ins one day, and move to git the next. And still have
>> all branches available.
>>
>> Thoughts? -1's?
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