Re: [RFC] Switching glibc-bsd from svn to git

2013-07-22 Thread Petr Salinger
What I like Git for mostly is its simple offline working, but that can still be done locally just with `git init && git commit -a` inside an SVN working copy. Providing a .gitignore file might be a nice convenience. What about using git-svn on user side ? (I didn't try it myself yet). Petr -

Re: [RFC] Switching glibc-bsd from svn to git

2013-07-22 Thread Steven Chamberlain
I possibly agree now with Robert we are better off not using Git for the packaging repos, at least for now. Mostly it works okay, until something throws the workflow off completely, then the way to fix it is really not intuitive for most people. What I like Git for mostly is its simple offline wo

Re: [RFC] Switching glibc-bsd from svn to git

2013-06-17 Thread Robert Millan
2013/5/27 Guillem Jover > Agreed, didn't want to post a summary yet, because I'm not confortable > doing the switch until Robert and Aurelien have posted their opinions, > given their amount of commits. > Not that I'm actively using it now... my last commit was 10 months ago. But if you want my

Re: [RFC] Switching glibc-bsd from svn to git

2013-06-12 Thread Steven Chamberlain
Hi, On 27/05/13 08:06, Petr Salinger wrote: > - one common repository x repository per package > repository per package I just read that Gitweb on anonscm.d.o can now show a filtered index of packages 'per project'. So with a repository per package, it is possible to see a list of them e.g.:

Re: [RFC] Switching glibc-bsd from svn to git

2013-05-27 Thread Guillem Jover
Hi! On Mon, 2013-05-27 at 09:06:33 +0200, Petr Salinger wrote: > On Sun, 19 May 2013, Guillem Jover wrote: > >I'd even volunteer to switch the repositories > > Outcome of discussion seems be: > > - use svn or git > switch to git > > - packaging-only or full content > packaging-only > > - o

Re: [RFC] Switching glibc-bsd from svn to git

2013-05-27 Thread Petr Salinger
On Sun, 19 May 2013, Guillem Jover wrote: I'd even volunteer to switch the repositories Outcome of discussion seems be: - use svn or git switch to git - packaging-only or full content packaging-only - one common repository x repository per package repository per package Petr -- To U

Re: [RFC] Switching glibc-bsd from svn to git

2013-05-20 Thread Steven Chamberlain
On 20/05/13 17:54, Steven Chamberlain wrote: > On 20/05/13 07:56, Petr Salinger wrote: >> - one common repository x repository per package >> I slightly prefer one common. > And I think the commit log of Git works globally, [...] Also I think it would be near impossible to do merges, if multipl

Re: [RFC] Switching glibc-bsd from svn to git

2013-05-20 Thread Steven Chamberlain
Hi Petr, On 20/05/13 07:56, Petr Salinger wrote: > - one common repository x repository per package > I slightly prefer one common. What might be the advantage of this? And could submodules possibly provide the same convenience? (A repository that points to all the others). A downside to a

Re: [RFC] Switching glibc-bsd from svn to git

2013-05-20 Thread Arno Töll
On 20.05.2013 08:56, Petr Salinger wrote: > - packaging-only or full content > I strongly prefer packaging-only. > > - one common repository x repository per package > I slightly prefer one common. Note that git unlike svn does not really like check-outs of paths only within a repository. Hen

Re: [RFC] Switching glibc-bsd from svn to git

2013-05-19 Thread Petr Salinger
I'd like to propose switching and splitting the glibc-bsd repo from svn to git repositories My position: - use svn or git It does not matter for me. - packaging-only or full content I strongly prefer packaging-only. - one common repository x repository per package I slightly prefer one

Re: [RFC] Switching glibc-bsd from svn to git

2013-05-19 Thread Steven Chamberlain
Hi Guillem! This sounds like a good idea. Git would seem easier to work with, for exactly the things you mentioned. I still think it is best to fetch upstream source using Subversion; but certainly we are free to choose something else for the packaging. Regards, -- Steven Chamberlain ste...@p

Re: [RFC] Switching glibc-bsd from svn to git

2013-05-19 Thread Christoph Egger
Hi! Guillem Jover writes: > I'd like to propose switching and splitting the glibc-bsd repo from svn > to git repositories, because svn is increasingly painful compared to git, > when it comes to at least partial commits, tagging (we don't seem to > be tagging much), branching and merging, offline

Re: [RFC] Switching glibc-bsd from svn to git

2013-05-19 Thread Arno Töll
Hi Guillem, (swapping some sentences) > What do people think? Yes! Please do! I made the same proposal a while back and I'm looking forward to see that happen. > I'd even volunteer to switch the repositories, although I'd like to > keep just the current packaging-only structure, to the point I'

[RFC] Switching glibc-bsd from svn to git

2013-05-19 Thread Guillem Jover
Hi! I'd like to propose switching and splitting the glibc-bsd repo from svn to git repositories, because svn is increasingly painful compared to git, when it comes to at least partial commits, tagging (we don't seem to be tagging much), branching and merging, offline hacking, etc... I'd even volu