+1 from me. Start with a snapshot. On 12/23/05, Justin Erenkrantz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --On December 23, 2005 1:15:44 PM -0500 "Geir Magnusson Jr." > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Sorry to change the subject... > > > > Can someone make a definitive statement on whether or not code history > > is brought into our repo from elsewhere when a podling brings code over? > > I say no. We should only take in a snapshot. > > If people want to see the history that was done elsewhere, they are free to > maintain the old history outside. What happened before the ASF was > involved is something we have no knowledge of and can't speak to. We can't > be responsible for what happened before we were involved. > > By only taking in a snapshot, we create a clean break from a social and > legal standpoint. All work from that point is done under our oversight > mechanisms. We can operate in good faith that the snapshot we receive is > in decent legal shape as we usually have a software grant for the bulk of > that work. However, taking in complete source history that we have no > knowledge of the oversight mechanisms that were in place is a bad thing in > my opinion. > > There is a lesser point that taking in the author information from a > separate project is awkward. This presents conflicts with our user account > information and muddy things up if we ever have to do an audit. -- justin > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
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