If we only want GIT for multiple local development branches, then we are doing for the wrong reasons. SVN doesn't hinder you in doing that today.
Best regards, Pierre Smits *ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>* Services & Solutions for Cloud- Based Manufacturing, Professional Services and Retail & Trade http://www.orrtiz.com On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 11:12 AM, Jacques Le Roux < [email protected]> wrote: > Like Adrian and mostly for the same reasons, I don't believe we need Git. > > But there is one other major reason which has already been discussed in > the other common ASF MLs. As Taher exulted, it's possible to create local > branches. So people are able to do a lot of work alone without exchanging > before committing or submitting. It will certainly not help to have this > possibility. Remember our recent discussion on the lack or core commits > reviews. With Git you end with commits bursts or big patches and it's then > hard to review and too late to share ideas. > > So unlike Adrian, I'm even strongly against it. I will not hesitate to use > a -1 if necessary! > > Jacques > > > Le 20/04/2015 09:53, Adrian Crum a écrit : > >> I don't agree that "all major contributors are using git." >> >> Personally, I find Git to be an overly complicated solution to a simple >> problem. It frequently does bizarre things that no one understands, and you >> are left with things being mysteriously reverted for unknown reasons. >> >> This isn't a -1 vote though. I'm just making it clear that I will be >> dragged kicking and screaming into using it. >> >> Adrian Crum >> Sandglass Software >> www.sandglass-software.com >> >> On 4/20/2015 5:38 AM, Hans Bakker wrote: >> >>> As discussed at apachecon in Austin, i propose to switch from svn to git >>> for the ofbiz repository. The main reason being that all major >>> contributors are using git and contributions are cumbersome, further, >>> git allows for better branching and merging. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Hans >>> >> >>
