On 11/12/2014 9:01 AM, Mark Roszko wrote: > git-bzr is buggy > > What happened with the svn to git migration that was horrible out of > curiosity? The only thing I could see is issue tracking? The codebase > is already migrated because of the git mirror.
The code migration was not a problem. It was the issue tracker and the knowledge contained in the mailing list. KiCad is much more than it's code. For a year or so after the move I was still going back to sourceforge to look things up which was less than convenient. At that time KiCad had only been on sourceforge for 2-3 years. Kicad has been hosted on launchpad for the last 6 years, the amount of accumulated information outside of the source will be significantly more that the last transition. > > >> What is less clear is the hosting sight. I'm am >> less than thrilled with using github because AFAIK it is not free >> software. > > Why does it matter? It's extremely easy to switch between them. > One of the very few "open-source" hosts is https://gitorious.org/ but > there is no issue tracking and I would advise agaisn't it for that > alone. > > Now if you self-host, you can do Gitlab https://about.gitlab.com/ but > it requires a bit of a VM or server to run, it's quite the resource > hog due to its design so for a heavy usage like KiCAD you absolutely > do not want to run it on a cheap VM without headaches :/ > The alternative is to use Trac and separate git repo manager, it can > run on a cheap VM no problem. > >> Does launch pad support git? > Nope > I consider hosting as important as the chosen vcs. Using a hosting site based on non-free software may be risky. Anyone remember the kernel/bitkeeper fiasco? I'm not sure we have the manpower or technical expertise to host our own git repo. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
