If I'm not mistaken, Cordova (they also haven't graduated yet) is already using Git. Any thoughts on how they do it?
On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 8:10 PM, Greg Reddin <gred...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 11:46 AM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: > > > I am new to Git/GitHub, but I am wondering whether Infra considered using > > its own GitHub (see [1]). > > > I know they looked into that and were in talks with GitHub for a while. I > don't remember the details and probably couldn't share them on a public > list anyway, but for some reason that didn't work out. > > > > Another angle to explore is whether it would be ok from an Apache > > perspective to simply do our work on the public GitHub and only copy > > released sources back to either Apache SVN or some simpler Apache Git > > installation > > > I would have trouble with that approach and I suspect the board would too. > We want development to be open and transparent. The way we accomplish that > at Apache is for commit messages and code discussions to take place on the > mailing list. In this way we know code is being developed in the open by > watching the mailing lists. I know it's a somewhat antiquated methodology > in today's world, but it's the current implementation of the Apache Way. > Many Apache members understand the disadvantages and people do want to > change it. But they want to change it without sacrificing core tenets of > the Apache Way. So this is not easy and it won't happen overnight. But > there's good reasons IMO for us to stick with the program instead of trying > to do an end-run around it. > -- Nick Tsitlakidis, CEO and Software Architect at Perfect Edge LTD. www.perfectedz.com
