On Feb 17, 2008 7:51 AM, Noel J. Bergman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> But visibility of the content and process very much IS part of "the Apache 
> Way."
>
> Most of the use cases mentioned so far for git, including some where people 
> are using it on top of SVN with ASF projects, run counter to ASF principles.  
> It is *NOT* in our best interests and practices for people to work in private 
> on bulk code, and periodically submit big changes.  We want those changes 
> made in public view in Subversion branches where the Community can see the 
> work in progress, not when it is complete.  We need to reeducate people who 
> believe otherwise.
>
> That said, I am not saying that people can't use whatever SVN client(s) they 
> want to use.  I am saying that (a) the ASF has a uniform source control 
> infrastructure, which is currently based on SVN servers, and (b) our 
> practices mean that development is done in public, not done in private and 
> submitted en masse as a fait accompli.  These statements are independent of 
> the SCM technology used by the ASF.

+1.  -- justin

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