Curtis Olson wrote: > On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 10:40 AM, Martin Spott <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > >From my point of view this is not the correct conclusion. Instead, I > simply assume that it doesn't make any difference wether I complain or > not. So I remain looking at the regular error messages from the mirror > jobs and waiting until the machine is back in service :-) > > > I appreciate your perspective. :-) > > > Curt, apparently you insist on getting things wrong. > Yes, I do prefer using GIT and I agree with _everything_ that Melchior > has been adding to this discussion (including him taking back the > paragraph about disk usage). But this is _not_ the point !! > > In fact we didn't have a _single_ !! person stating that MSysGit "does > not work". There was a sole person claiming that he didn't get it to > work, but was uncertain wether he knew how to use it properly. Period. > The remaining statements concerning GIT on Windows have been nothing > but guesses and assumptions (better known as "FUD") and I expect an > experienced project coordinator being able to tell the difference. > > > When I researched the topic, I saw over and over again that the > biggest knock against git is that it does not have good support for > windows. That has been repeated on this list by more than just me. I > have not tested it personally on windows, but it appears that neither > have you. Just because I saw something on the web, doesn't mean it's > true, but there does seem to be a general web consensus here, and you > have given no information that can be used to disprove this web consensus. > > > _This_ is the point which sheds an ugly light onto the whole topic. > > Adding to that, you have still failed to deliver a reason (aside from > spreading "FUD") why the project should _not_ have _one_ official GIT > mirror of the existing CVS (or maybe SVN) repositories - no matter > who's going to run it in the end. In the end, you're wasting developer > resources by thwarting the efficiency of not all but at least some of > the involved people and you don't have a single point. > > This is really getting somewhat problematic. > > > Until someone from our project actually tries this on a windows system > (possibly you could even test it?) then we are all apparently > spreading FUD including you. If you have not tested git on windows > and have not found a nice front end, then you cannot say for sure that > it works and works well (which is important in the face of all the web > based reports that it doesn't work or doesn't work well or easily.) > If our windows developers have also not tested it, then they cannot > say for sure that it does or does not work. In the mean time, we know > that SVN does work pretty good. I'm sorry you are so frustrated by > this issue, but I would appreciate if you keep your comments fair and > professional. :-( > > Curt. > -- > Curtis Olson: http://baron.flightgear.org/~curt/ > <http://baron.flightgear.org/%7Ecurt/> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel > I'll give msysgit a try. Are there known issues with it that I should be looking for?
Also, timoore indicated on IRC that msysgit does work, but that TortoiseCVS/SVN users might find "things that are surprising or less convenient". jentron did some testing and noted that, by default, msysgit converts unix2dos/dos2unix automatically. That looks like a dangerous default setting to me. I hesitate to trust it to not screw something up. Maybe the biggest issue is that git's UI isn't Windowsy enough? Do we have any windows TortoiseCVS users/contributors who wouldn't be able to cope with a command line or otherwise foreign UI? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
