This sounds like a good approach to me. (Long time listener, first time caller - my understanding is that I can't vote but I can comment..,yes...?)
Michael Ridley Sent from my mobile. Pardon any spelling errors. On Aug 26, 2013, at 2:41 PM, Christopher <[email protected]> wrote: > Since we're on git now... to avoid confusion like this in the future > (not just from PMC/committers who may not have touched the code in > awhile, but also from users looking for the source)... > > I think it would be useful to do what Thrift did, and replace the > existing source branches in SVN with a README > (https://svn.apache.org/viewvc/thrift/README?view=log). The SVN > history will still be there, and people will still be able to > reference tags, just like with thrift > (https://svn.apache.org/viewvc/thrift/tags/thrift-0.8.0/?pathrev=1419982). > > I'm personally in favor of removing all of > {trunk,branches,contrib,tags} with a README, but if people insist on > {tags} remaining behind, I'd settle for replacing only the other > three. (Technically, the tags are still there... at the version they > were created... which is the only reliable way of referencing a tag in > SVN anyway... so that's why I don't mind removing them in SVN HEAD). > > To make things easier on passers-by, we can document in the README, > the last commit that occurred in SVN, and provide a viewvc link > directly to that, and can also provide the svn command to check out > that revision. > > Removing these paths from the SVN will help resolve any confusion > about where our current development activity is taking place. > > -- > Christopher L Tubbs II > http://gravatar.com/ctubbsii > > > On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 8:14 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> Thanks Josh. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> From: "Josh Elser" <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 8:09:36 PM >> Subject: Re: SVN or GIT >> >> No, SVN is not an option for main Accumulo development. >> >> The CMS site is still hosted on SVN, that's why the SVN info is still >> there at all. It could possibly be trimmed some more -- I forget where I >> left it. >> >> On 08/21/2013 08:05 PM, [email protected] wrote: >>> Have not committed anything in a while. I read the GIT WIP wiki page. Is >>> svn still an option at this point, or do I need to move over to git. What's >>> the latest? >> >>
