On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 02:08:10PM +0200, Jim Meyering wrote: > Hello, > > Currently, the coreutils package uses CVS for version control. However, > I am shifting coreutils development to git -- or maybe even mercurial. > Will savannah support git or mercurial soon?
I would welcome a bit more information about those. Do they only need a plain "download area" accessible with sftp or rsync+ssh? That may be setup quickly enough. Maybe on a non-standard port, but quickly enough. A concern I have with those tools, is that unlike with CVS, any project member can alter/damage the history, willingly or by mistake. Did you think of this issue and is it ok with you? With Arch, archives are 'append-only' thanks to a dedicated sftp patch, but I doubt we'd be able to apply the same technique for any SCM. If it's just a matter of blocking the 'rm' command in sftp, that could be quickly done, but depending on git usage patterns, that may not be desirable. > I would also consider using monotone. Their network support is not satisfying enough yet, as I mentioned in gnu-prog-discuss. Unless there's something new about it? > FYI, I can already convert my coreutils module (with 15 years of CVS > history) into a git or mercurial repository, preserving branches, history, > etc. There are several advantages to using a distributed version control > system -- I doubt it'll help if I list them here. However, that said, > I did do an informal survey and some experiments with git, mercurial, > monotone, and svk, and finally settled on git for coreutils. Didn't you try GNU Arch btw? Also if you have some notes about your experiments I'd be personaly interested in them :) > But I do use mercurial, too, and find it quite usable, featureful > and well-maintained. Ok. When you say you use 'git', does that mean 'bare git' or 'cogito'? Does supporting git implies supporting mercurial, darcsgit and the like? Last, what would be your acceptable level of "support" at Savannah? Is simple hosting enough in a first step, or would you also need commit notifications / web browsers / etc.? -- Sylvain _______________________________________________ Savannah-help-public mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/savannah-hackers
