On Tuesday 06 March 2007, Denis Oliver Kropp wrote: --snip-- > > > svn has advantages e.g. like moving files & history.... > > What else? > http://better-scm.berlios.de/comparison/comparison.html you may have a look what other people say on different systems and capabilities
> > i dont like them, haven't worked that much with git but > > i do know mercurial and that one sucks. > > also for a developer imho it is not to known all commands > > and different workflows of all those scm's. > > At least git is used for the kernel, so it's not just another > scm that you have to know about :) and subversion is used for gcc it that a reason to switch? i just use git to get an actual kernel tree to test some stuff, not to manage sources > > svn is nearly the same syntax as cvs, so also user could step > > over without any rejections, just taking the advantages. > > > > on linuxtv.org each modification (to prevent too much conflicts) > > should be in a seperate repository. > > It doesn't have to be like that. One main, plus optional repositories, > e.g. the new wm branch could be its own. it doesnt have to but it may work out to this scenario. > > so you have to have one repo e.g. where you develop new things, > > one for clean to pull from, and > > if like you have, loads of repos must be pulled, merged, ect. > > imho that is much more work. > As the number of repositories I'm going to manage won't grow > with that move it could only become simpler. yes, in your case > > why do you have the need of those different distributed repos? > > (c)opyrighted maybe nda stuff? > > No, it's for easier management. It's even to make flowing back > to the mainline faster! :) ok, that counts in your case. what about the other dev's? same probs or can they cope with the current developement model? at least i am out of this discussion now, otherwise it may evolve into an endless for-against thread. my statements in a kind of summary - you, denis, are the maintainer of this project - if you decide to go for git, go for it - i dont like this idea and the idea of distributed repositories - wait for other statements of e.g. ville, claudio, mike.... sorry if i forgot someone best regards marcel _______________________________________________ directfb-dev mailing list [email protected] http://mail.directfb.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/directfb-dev
