+1 for a git switch. On Mar 27, 2012, at 9:55 AM, Christoph Drießen wrote:
> The question whether the Opencast project should move to git has already been > brought to list several times and has each time been rejected due to good > reasons. But with all this GSoC discussion going on and having seen multiple > people on list who are willing to contribute I find that it's time to bring > it up again. > > I do not want to write about the differences and -- in my opinion -- > advantages of using git over svn once more. This can be read in my > predecessors posts on the subject and elsewhere. I just would like to > emphasize that one point that makes git so outstanding for me. I see more > people wanting to work on Matterhorn but do not have commit rights -- and > probably won't ever get. But with git this doesn't really matter. It's an > easy go: clone, branch, fetch, work. And if your work results in something > that should be contributed back, just ask someone to fetch from you. This > process of working is inherent to git. Sure, one can achieve something > similar using the git svn bridge like we do at Entwine. But this always feels > a bit like a hack, not that natural. And then there is this psychological > effect you have with a git based project, which invites people to join be > just saying: clone me! > > The second reason why I'm talking about switching to git is the experience we > gained at Entwine working with a dual git/svn setup where developers work > solely in git but parts of our work repos are connected to the OC SVN. This > doesn't work bad but it feels like having MH git based would be much nicer. > > I think it would be a good idea to switch to git after the 1.4 release and > before GSoC to send out a strong signal that we embrace folks who want to > work with us on MH. This leaves us some time to plan the migration and for > everybody to check out git. Entwine can share their list of resources to get > everybody to learn at least the basics to become productive with git soon. > > Christoph > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Matterhorn mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.opencastproject.org/mailman/listinfo/matterhorn > > > To unsubscribe please email > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > _______________________________________________ Matterhorn mailing list [email protected] http://lists.opencastproject.org/mailman/listinfo/matterhorn To unsubscribe please email [email protected] _______________________________________________
