On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 7:46 AM, Erik de Bruin <e...@ixsoftware.nl> wrote:
> Since we can't indefinitely postpone the inevitable, I think we should > start to plan for the move to Git. I think at least these points > should be addressed (if they haven't already been, in which case they > should be documented such that they can be easily referenced, e.g. on > the Wiki): > > 1) once Git becomes available, does SVN become unavailable right away, > or will both repos be able to coexist for a while (both being able to > receive updates and updating the other when they do)? > I do not think they can both exist at the same time. There will be a coordination effort on the part of INFRA and the Flex team to set dates for when the switch would happen, if I understand what has happened on other teams correctly. > > 2) several committers are "on loan" from Adobe for a very specific > goal (Peter and Gordon). Are they comfortable working with Git, > willing and able (in that they have enough time available to do so) to > learn Git, or would moving to Git mean that they are no longer able to > contribute? > I would be very surprised, and frankly disappointed, if they are unable to make the switch. We are talking about very smart developers here, and its not like switching from English to Japanese. Most of the common/every day commands are the same and the new concepts are not that difficult to grasp. Peter, Gordon, Alex and Carol are all extremely smart developers I am confident they will be perfectly fine. > > 3) what workflow does the project use (reading about Git, it seems > like there are endless possibilities), do we need to vote on that and > how do we 'enforce' one over the other? Also, this workflow needs to > be embedded in all the READMEs and the website, just like the SVN > workflow is now. > This was part of the original vote and the workflow we chose is based on the nvie model: "Git Branching Model on Git" http://markmail.org/search/?q=+list%3Aorg.apache.incubator.flex-dev+VOTE+RESULT#query:%20list%3Aorg.apache.incubator.flex-dev%20VOTE%20RESULT+page:3+mid:ajlskznzec4wqda2+state:results It is the workflow currently in use that has been adapted to SVN while the switch to Git happens. > > 4) some technical aspects of the project are tied to SVN, like the > website with it's post-commit hook to the 'buildbot'. These apparently > have to stay with SVN, fragmenting the development environment. Are > there alternatives that will allow these types of services to move > over to Git as well? > >From my understanding the CMS/site will have to stay on SVN, so no, I do not believe there is an alternative to move it to Git as well. I hardly see this as a fragmentation of the development environment. I would be more concerned about this if we needed tons of people working on the site/CMS continually. That is just not the case though. > > 5) is anyone aware of any technical issues with the codebase that are > specifically tied to SVN that need changing when the move happens > (can't think of any, but better safe than sorry) > I am 100% positive that INFRA would identify those for us being that they have migrated several projects to Git already and they have all of that kind of stuff documented at a very high level within INFRA. -omar
