On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 4:00 PM, Vincent Hennebert <vhenneb...@gmail.com>wrote:
> On 19/06/13 02:40, Glenn Adams wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 1:05 AM, Chris Bowditch > > <bowditch_ch...@hotmail.com>wrote: > > > >> Hi Glenn, > >> > >> > >> On 18/06/2013 11:12, Glenn Adams wrote: > >> > >>> To be more clear, I propose we replace FOP's implementation of UAX14 > with > >>> use of ICU's line break iterator, and that ICU becomes a standard > >>> dependency for FOP. > >>> > >>> However, before taking a decision on this, allow me to create a branch > >>> (on github) that actually makes this change so that folks can evaluate > it. > >>> Is that a reasonable approach? > >>> > >> > >> +1, but I think we should create the branch in SVN as Vincent mentioned. > >> SVN is still the Version Control system used by the XML Graphics > project. > >> > > > > When I've completed the work in a github branch of a fork of the > apache/fop > > mirror, I'll upload it to an SVN branch for folks to review who prefer > SVN. > > Me, I've stopped using SVN for active development. Github is just so much > > better. > > By getting involved in FOP development you accept the project’s > practices... including a VCS you may not like :-) > Just for you Vincent, I'll transfer whatever I do in github to an SVN temp branch when I'm ready for you to review. Others will be free to review in github as they prefer. > > Or, if you feel strongly enough about it, you can promote a switch to > Git, now that it’s officially supported by Apache. > Perhaps I will do so when I have time to do the work of a switchover should such a proposal pass. In the mean time, I am not proposing a switch. > That said, have you tried playing with git svn? > Yes, I use it for Webkit development. However, it is still a pain over a pure git approach. > > FWIW, I have a Git repo that sits on top of the svn checkout and, after > ironing out some wrinkles, I find that the process works just fine. > > Vincent >
