+1 On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Ali B. <[email protected]> wrote:
> +1 > > > On 22 June 2011 01:28, Owen Winkler <[email protected]> wrote: > >> This weekend I will attempt to locate or write a script that moves all of >> our core Trac issues to Github, and automates the process of obtaining >> nightly archives of the source. >> >> The svn repo url for core will either be shut down or redirect to the svn >> mirror on Github, through which you can check out projects from Github via >> svn as read-only. Users that use svn to update blogs should need only >> execute a simple `svn switch` to continue as they have been. >> >> We're going to need time to work out what to do with the -extras repo, but >> I expect that ultimately those projects will also be available via Github. >> This will not happen this week. >> >> >> I realize that there is still a lot of uncertainty about what using git >> and Github means. Everyone is likely to have questions, but trust me when I >> say that git is just another SCM tool. At worst, you have to learn a few >> different commands. At best, we reap great rewards from the collaborative >> coding features that Github offers, gain efficiency from the features that >> git has that aren't present in svn, and release some of our otherwise more >> prolific contributors from frequent server maintenance tasks. I firmly >> believe that this move will benefit the project. >> >> >> Please +1 this thread if you're in support. If you still have >> reservations to the point where you can't +1 the thread, please ask >> specific, positive questions that we can help answer. We should only delay >> this process if there is a credible reason not to move the core repo before >> the weekend - let's not let bureaucracy hinder innovation. >> >> I'm hoping that a couple of folks familiar with git can step up and draft >> a wiki page that outlines some of the changes from svn to git, specific to >> our project (using our URLs and likely tasks to get things moving) and link >> to some good external resources for learning git from an svn user's >> perspective. >> >> Thanks, >> Owen >> >> -- >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to habari-dev-unsubscribe@** >> googlegroups.com <[email protected]> >> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** >> group/habari-dev <http://groups.google.com/group/habari-dev> > > > > > -- > Ali B. > http://awhitebox.com > > -- > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/habari-dev > -- Cheers, Raman (aka 天佑 / tinyau) Blog: http://blog.tinyau.net Twitter: tinyau -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/habari-dev
