On Sun, 2015-04-19 at 19:20 +0000, KARR, DAVID wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Guillaume Laforge [mailto:[email protected]]
> > Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2015 11:53 AM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: New Workflow…
> > 
> > A subvers(ive|ion) mentality? :-)
> 
> Briefly, from a lurker's point of view, I would guess this refers to 
> a perception that some people want a process that is not quite like 
> a "distributed version control system".  A DVCS allows for a great 
> deal of flexibility by its nature, but the reality is that real 
> projects need to have a "master" both in data model and process. 
>  You should "think git" when it makes sense, but think like 
> Subversion (ironically, in that sense) for your "code of record".

The problem is not DVCS, the problem is that ASF workflows still seem
to be based on the assumption of Subversion usage.

The question here is why mirroring from GitHub is not acceptable to
the ASF lawyers. I shall pick this up in another sub-thread where the
issue is directly appropriate.

-- 
Russel.
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