| Re: [linuxtools-dev] Move to git? |
Am Donnerstag, den 28.01.2010, 10:43 -0800 schrieb Andrew Overholt: > Hi, > > In this bug: > > https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=257706 > > Denis (Eclipse webmaster extraordinaire) asks if any projects would like > to beta test a move to git. > > Here are my reasons _for_ participating: > > - many FOSS projects are already using git and thus people are familiar > with it and thus will hopefully be more likely to contribute to our > project if they know how to use/contribute with git > - it makes it easier for some distributions to track eclipse-build > (Debian is already doing this) > - we can maybe get hooked up with Gerrit a la http://egit.eclipse.org/r > - we can help dogfood EGit which is very important to increasing the > contributor base with existing FOSS hackers > - if we mess up, we still have our SVN repo > > And why I'm against it: > > - EGit isn't yet as ready for prime time as Subclipse is > - I'll have to re-do some of the configuration of our Hudson-based builds > - it may require use of command line git > - there will be a learning curve > - I'm not entirely sure we'll get to keep all of our SVN history (which > admittedly isn't complete as many projects came from elsewhere and we > lost _that_ history on import) > - some committers using SVN, some using git (not sure if this is a real > problem or not) > > What are your thoughts? Will it be easier/harder for you to contribute > if we move to EGit? If you have to drop to the command line to do > things, will that deter you from contributing/committing? Should we > move/not move? I vote for this move. I learned how to use the version control system in the command line. Therefore a not working graphical tool will not hinder me to contribute. Git will: + make branches easier + make it possible to work offline + give offline access to the history + be faster + have a nice web frontend (will there be one setup?) - not easy to learn -- Benjamin Drung Ubuntu Developer (www.ubuntu.com) | Debian Maintainer (www.debian.org)
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