Jerry schreef op :
On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 05:00:08 -0700
Michael Sierchio articulated:
We are really behind the curve here. Git assumes (correctly) that
disk space is inexpensive, much cheaper per byte than network
bandwidth. By the time we adopt SVN completely, every serious
project
I know of will have moved from subversion to git.
If you are going to make a sweeping change anyway, it makes no sense
to
do it in a half–assed manned. However, it does appear that in all too
many instances, FreeBSD plays follow the leader rather then taking
the
bulls by the horns and getting ahead of the curve. I am sure I'll be
hearing from the "baby steps" choir now. In any event, a
comprehensive
side-by-side evaluation of the two should be done by an impartial
party.
We should not be forgetting that Git and Subversion represent two
different
workflows. The latter stands for a centralistic development cycle, and
the
former for a distributed manner. Thus, this type of choice does not
really
have to do with big or small steps and leading of following, but more
about
the production cycle you want to have.
If we were to use a Git-like system, the releng team would (probably)
be in
control on which patches are excepted from the pool of suggested
changesets
by the community of developers. This community would be more free in
the
manner in which they experiment, and there would be a less strong
differentiation between "committers" and other people suggesting
updates. On
the other hand, our current approach has a controlled group of
committers
and the releng team only has the additional power of setting the
schedule
and taking the snapshot that becomes the release. (Gravely simplified.)
It is a matter of taste.
On a side note, using Git does mean that everyone has to download a
complete
repository. This makes using a csup-like architecture quite
"heavy-weight".
Stas
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