+1, providing you make fewer than 10 grammar mistakes: --- Jeremias Maerki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As announced on the XML Graphics General mailing > list I'd like to call > for a vote on the migration of both Batik and FOP to > Subversion. > > There are two main reasons for this move: > > - Over on the XML Graphics mailing list we are
1.) we have been discussing > discussing and further > clarifying a plan to create a common space for > components used by both > Batik and FOP subprojects. A migration to SVN prior > to that would > greatly simplify the process because we can simply > move files across > within the SVN repository. We would also maintain > full history of the 2.) a full history > files which would not be possible with CVS as there > are separate > repositories for each subproject. > > - The ASF Infrastructure team is increasing the > pressure on ASF projects > to migrate away from CVS over to SVN as it > simplifies maintenance and in > the long run they don't have to provide unix > accounts for every > committer, further decreasing the maintenance > efforts. 3.) Run-on, OK in German but a no-no in English. > It was hinted > that CVS will be discontinued within the ASF at the > end of 2005. 4.) FUD missile. (Oh, that's not a grammar mistake, so it doesn't count...) > That's > not a fixed date but it's only a question of time. > Those who follow the > infrastructure list will see that projects are > migrating to SVN one > after another. > If you want to have a look how many > projects already > migrated go to [1]. We already have the XML Graphics > website on SVN. > > Of course, this has some consequences I don't want > to hide: > > - People have to get acquainted with a new tool. 4.) People will have > Like for CVS there is a > command line client which is the main client for > SVN. There's already a > wide range of graphical clients even though many of > them are not yet as > mature as the equivalents for CVS. On Windows, for > example, there's an > excellent client called TortoiseSVN [2] which plugs > into the Windows > Explorer. On Mac OSX there's SCPlugin [3] that plugs > into Finder. On > Eclipse 3 there's at least one advanced SVN plugin > [4]. Note that the > latter doesn't yet support all features that the CVS > integration > provides but it's in a usable state for day to day > work. You always have > the option to use the command-line client which is > easy to learn and use. > A more comprehensive list of SVN clients can be > found at [5]. The > documentation on SVN in genereal has very good > quality [6]. > 5.) is of very good quality. > - There have been stability problems until a few > weeks ago. This was due > to ViewCVS which in certain situations caused > connections to the > embedded Berkeley DB not to be closed (hanging > processes). These > situation resulted in locks not being released. 6.) These situations... > This > is now resolved 7.) This has now been resolved > (AFAIK) by ViewCVS accessing a read-only copy of the > repository. But > there also has been bugfixing to improve the > situation. > > - Thomas DeWeese raised some concerns about the > handling of binary files. > In my experience, SVN automatically detects binary > files very reliably > and out-of-the-box. Additionally, you can configure > the SVN client to > automatically set the correct MIME type for newly > added files with a > certain extension. > > As a personal statement, I can tell that I'm now 8.) I've been now > using Subversion myself > for over a year and I've never regretted that > choice. Last summer I > migrated the company I worked for until the end of > last year to > Subversion and they are very happy with the results. > It's not that I'm > not working there anymore because of that. ;-) > > I understand that the Batik team is currently > preparing for a release. > If this vote passes, we will time the migration > accordingly not to > generate any trouble for this process, i.e. we would > do the migration > after the Batik release. > > [1] http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/ > [2] http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/ > [3] http://scplugin.tigris.org/ > [4] http://subclipse.tigris.org/ > [5] http://subversion.tigris.org/project_links.html > [6] http://svnbook.red-bean.com/ > > I'm glad to answer any question you might have on 9.) I'd be glad... > the subject. > > (This vote goes to the batik-dev and fop-dev mailing > lists. I'll collect > the votes in 3 to 4 days and will present the > results again to both > lists.) > > Jeremias Maerki > > Whew! Good thing you stopped there... My vote is +1. Glen
