On Thursday, November 22, 2012, Erik de Bruin wrote: > Omar, > > As a PPMC member I'm aware that this isn't a vote. My full statement > ended "at this time" and I was using -1 as an abbreviation to > emphasise my opinion. > > From the threads here and on the private list I get the feeling that > at least one of our mentors has reservations about the legal standing > of Git repos in relation to Apache.org.
Those concerns have been expressed before, during, and after the vote. It obviously did not deter either the community or the PPMC. > Furthermore, at least in the > INFRA circles, the reports are that no one is enthusiastic about Git > and they are (as is obvious from their lack of action on JIRA tickets) > unwilling to support it. This means that if we make the move now (<- > note this qualifier), we're likely to be "on our own". I'm not sure > that risking the loss of INFRA support is a wise thing for a project > just about to graduate… > > EdB By this logic Infra would be unenthusiastic about any request from Infra. Their lack of movement stems from a lack of human resources, we are all volunteers here, and lack of extra support on the Git side. The mere fact that they are asking for more volunteers on the Git admin from shows their interest in moving this initiative forward. Moving to Git would entail a separate request from Infra, which has nothing to do with the IPMC, the group that would be approving our graduation. The worst that could happen is Infra denies our request for read/write apache Git repo. We would never be "on our own" however as its the role of Apache Infra to support Apache projects. I would not be so concerned. -omar > > On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 8:57 AM, Omar Gonzalez > <omarg.develo...@gmail.com <javascript:;>> wrote: > > On Wednesday, November 21, 2012, Erik de Bruin wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> At least one vital service (the website) is more than just a SVN repo. > >> A post-commit hook activates the 'buildbot' on every commit. How will > >> this be 'translated' when the Git move happens? Do we have access to > >> the buildbot outside the SVN infrastructure? > >> > >> Do we know which other services (commit emails, access control etc.) > >> are not (easily) transferred to a Git workflow > >> > >> If not, a big -1 on the move at this time, as the Apache organisation > >> obviously just isn't ready to support - technically, legally and > >> certainly not 'in spirit' - Git as an alternative to Subversion. > >> > >> EdB > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Ix Multimedia Software > >> > >> Jan Luykenstraat 27 > >> 3521 VB Utrecht > >> > >> T. 06-51952295 > >> I. www.ixsoftware.nl > >> > > > > Additionally, the Git support is active and currently being used by > several > > projects. Not sure how you can think it's not 'technically, legally, or > in > > spirit'. If those three were true we'd have 0 Apache projects in Git. > > Obviously that's not the case. > > > > -omar > > > > -- > Ix Multimedia Software > > Jan Luykenstraat 27 > 3521 VB Utrecht > > T. 06-51952295 > I. www.ixsoftware.nl >
