Is the expectation that *all* of the concerns added to this page will be resolved?
On Nov 17, 2011, at November 17, 201111:48 AM, Christian Grobmeier wrote: > Hello all, > > i have had a long discussion on members@ recently on couchdb and git. > I am also here to help. > > My main concern was, that nobody were able to tell me how long this > "experiment" would run and how success will be measured. There is > still no answer, but i think this is crucial. > > As some of you hopefully know, there is an expectation that couchdb > delivers guidelines how to use git @ asf. If they are not done in a > reasonable time (i have heard 4 months), couchdb will be reverted back > to svn. > > The board has mentioned several community aspects we need to cover. > I am not sure if there are still technical issues which need to be covered. > > Anyway, I would like to suggest we do: > > a) set up a wikipage, in which we can collect all upcoming concerns > and questions > b) try to report on git@couchdb regulary, best all 4 weeks > c) try to outline how you are working here and the problems wchi might > occur when looking at a) > d) hopefully deliver a strong and great document which can be voted upon on > > I have some concerns already in my inbox, so I am volunteering to post > them to the wiki page as first step. Just.... where? > > I hope my suggestion is OK for you. I am open to other proposals of > course, I just want to make git coming to the asf. > > Cheers > Christian > > On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 8:41 PM, Randall Leeds <[email protected]> > wrote: >> On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 03:05, Brian LeRoux <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hey folks, some you may remember me from such projects as PhoneGap >>> which is now under incubation as Callback. Our mentors have informed >>> us in order for Git to be accepted the CouchDB 'experiment' must >>> succeed. So we are joining you here to help see that the experiment >>> does succeed, and as fast as possible! >> >> Excellent! Paul Davis has been spearheading the git move. >> >>> >>> We have been informed that documentation on the process of >>> contribution via Git in "the Apache Way" has yet to be writ (or is >>> possibly has been started but isn't yet complete). Seems like a good >>> place to start --- can you point me at the appropriate starting point >>> for contribution here? Also any other suggestions required steps >>> really appreciated! >>> >> >> There's little difference in contributions between git and svn. Our >> workflow so far has still been to accept patches via JIRA with the >> "Grant license to ASF..." checkbox. >> >> There are some hooks on the Apache infra side that prevent certain >> verboten histories from occurring. Paul can elaborate on those. >> >> For release documents, this is up to date and was used for CouchDB's >> 1.1.1 release: https://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Release_procedure >> >> That's all I got for now. >> >> -Randall >> > > > > -- > http://www.grobmeier.de
