+1 - Huge appreciation goes out to you Ross. I'll help in any way and I'm already lurking on the CouchDB mailing-list.
On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 9:30 AM, Brian LeRoux <[email protected]> wrote: > +++1 > > On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 2:32 AM, Ross Gardler > <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 26 November 2011 22:12, Ross Gardler <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> As a result (and because another mentor has > >> stepped up to support my position) I'm willing to make a case to > >> infrastructure for you to move to Git ASAP, but I have two conditions > before > >> I make that request. > >> > >> The first is that all mentors on this project support my proposal. > > > > All mentors have now supported this proposal, so it's over to the > committers ... > > > >> The second condition is that the team ensure that the documentation > over on > >> the CouchDB project reflects the process that this project will follow > in > >> managing the canonical repository here at the ASF. I want it to > describe how > >> you will manage committer contributions, non-committer contributions, IP > >> review, releases and whatever else is important to your project. > >> I'm not really interested in the nitty gritty of the processes, we'll > work > >> that out in practice. What I want is a document that convinces me that > there > >> will be a single canonical repository for the community to engage > with. If I > >> am confident you can use Git in an Apache Way style process then I'm > willing > >> to make the case to infrastructure, and if necessary, the board. I'm > >> reasonably sure that if you can convince me and the other mentors here > then > >> we can convince the infrastructure team. > >> Since you are in the incubator and I know nothing of your current > governance > >> and I don't know if it is close or distant from the Apache Way. On the > >> CouchDB list I have posted some comments from an ASF project member > which > >> defines the process they use in a git-svn environment (they came from > Git > >> when they came to the ASF). This mail will, hopefully, be a useful > starting > >> point (or maybe its all covered in the wiki page already). > >> See http://markmail.org/thread/q43mto5emnhpej2k > >> Taking off my mentor hat for a moment and putting on my VP Community > >> Development hat I will use this document, and what I learn from this > >> incubation project, to help ensure that Git can be used successfully > >> alongside SVN in Apache projects. > >> However, please understand that even after all this I cannot guarantee > that > >> infrastructure will agree to allow you to move to Git. However, I am > >> confident enough to be willing to spend some of my time on it, > hopefully you > >> will be too. > >> Are mentors OK with this? > >> Are committers OK with this as a way forwards? Do the committers have > any > >> questions or observations? > >> Ross > > > > > > > > -- > > Ross Gardler (@rgardler) > > Programme Leader (Open Development) > > OpenDirective http://opendirective.com > > >
