Git can be irritating, in that the central repository must pull copies from the downstream versions, at least to the best of my knowledge. The last time I tried git, the push command didn't do a whole lot. It also doesn't integrate cleanly into bugtrackers like trac or project management systems such as gforge or collaboa.
Having said that, git is the only distributed source control system in general use. There are plenty of such systems, but you don't see them being used with nearly the same frequency as git. Some, such as arch, are also beginning to look like abandonware, which is exactly what you don't want. The other consideration has to do with synchronizing. Would the Linux kernel patches be kept as patches or provided as a patched kernel? If the former, then it doesn't take as much advantage of the git system as it could, but the latter would involve far more network traffic than the changes justify. As other kernels aren't git-aware, it's also unclear if there's a whole lot to be gained by only doing this with one kernel. Having said all that, though, CVS is truly one of the most evil pieces of software in widespread use and the idea of exorcising it sounds a good plan to me. Jonathan --- Eddie Kohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I would like to move away from Click's current > anonymous CVS based > development model to a distributed source control > system. This would > let people maintain public branches of their own. I > am leaning towards > "git", the tool originally developed for Linux. > > http://git.or.cz/ > > Any complaints or comments? Speak now! > > Thanks, > Eddie > _______________________________________________ > click mailing list > [email protected] > https://amsterdam.lcs.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/click > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today! http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 _______________________________________________ click mailing list [email protected] https://amsterdam.lcs.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/click
