Github definitely simplifies things. Are there any advantages to keeping content on Apache's domain?
Harbs On Apr 4, 2013, at 8:44 PM, Om wrote: > Any more thoughts on how to manage the whiteboard repo? If its okay with > everyone, I will go ahead and start a VOTE thread soon. > > Personally, I like the option of working on GitHub for the whiteboard. In > a way it levels the playing field of committer vs. non-committer. This > could foster more community involvement. Going back to my first days of > contributing to Apache Flex, I did all my Installer related work on GitHub > and just posted the link on the dev forum here. After a lot of discussion, > Justin (who was a committer by then) and a couple of non-committers forked > my project and started sending me Pull requests. This gave me a more > flexibility in how I contributed as a non-committer. The fork that Justin > did on GitHub can be considered as a whiteboard area, except that it let > him foster community participation (like me and the other non-committers) > > And of course, working with GitHub is a breeze. Once you create your own > space, you can create unlimited projects and branches. > > Thanks, > Om > > On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 1:54 PM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: > >> The way I see it: >> >> #1 Pros: Uses Git. Therefore you only need to know one SCM. Any work >> with >> a rich branching history retains that history when landing in the main >> repos. >> #1 Cons: 240MB initial download. It took several hours for some folks. >> >> #2 Pros: Not sure. >> #2 Cons: I think it would be hard to switch between branches when you have >> changes pending if you want to help out on someone else's whiteboard? Fred >> seemed to have other concerns. >> >> #3 Pros: Much easier to set up repos, I think. >> #3 Cons: Unclear about Apache approval. Have to be careful about who else >> contributes to your code. >> >> #4 Pros: Smaller initial download >> #4 Cons: Might be more work to transfer source from SVN to Git with >> history? >> >> For me, retaining history is way more important than waiting 2.5 hours once >> for the initial download. >> >> >> On 3/21/13 1:34 PM, "Om" <bigosma...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Sorry, I have not been tracking the votes. Let me start up a new vote >> with >>> these options: >>> >>> =================================== >>> What to do with Whiteboard? >>> >>> 1. Use the sparse checkout option as described here ( >>> http://markmail.org/message/dg7hplezkzwiroes) >>> 2. Create a branch per user in the whiteboard >>> 3. Move to github for whiteboards >>> 4. Let whiteboards remain in SVN >>> >>> =================================== >>> >>> If there are more options, please add it to the discussion here. I will >>> give some time for discussion before starting an official VOTE thread. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Om >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Frédéric THOMAS >>> <webdoubl...@hotmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> Om, >>>> >>>> Btw, I remove my vote of 3.1 and give my +1 to the 3.4 (stay on svn), >>>> that's a lazy vote, I can change my mind ? >>>> >>>> -Fred >>>> >> >> -- >> Alex Harui >> Flex SDK Team >> Adobe Systems, Inc. >> http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui >> >>
