On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 11:55 AM, Benjamin Root <ben.r...@ou.edu> wrote: > On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Darren Dale <dsdal...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 9:09 AM, Friedrich Romstedt >> <friedrichromst...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I want to set up a git mirror for matplotlib, but I 1) have some minor >> > problems and 2) want to know what others think about this. >> >> Late last year, I did some work to convert the svn repository to git. >> The code to d the conversion is available at >> https://github.com/darrendale/mpl2git . The resulting git repo is >> available at https://github.com/darrendale/matplotlib . I have not >> pursued the project further because there did not seem to be enough >> interest in migrating from svn/sourceforge to git/github to justify >> investing more of my time in the project. >> >> > I'm a native git user and I don't know how to use svn properly. >> >> I read that as "uninterested in learning how to use svn", and such >> sentiment is probably a fact of life as many (most?) open source >> projects move to DVC. In my opinion, matplotlib is likely to draw more >> contributors if it lowers barriers to entry and uses a DVCS that is >> growing in popularity, like git/github. >> >> Darren >> > > In discussions with Ryan May on the prospect of switching over to git, it > sounds like we have a "Bike Shed" problem where we (the main developers) > agree that we agree that a bike shed should be built, but we can't agree on > the color to paint it...
In my view, the issue has nothing to do with bikeshedding. > I think the main source of the huge download size is the data that is coming > from the basemap toolkit. I do not think that it would be a good thing to > have everyone and their mother needing to do a 'git clone' on their computer > and find they have to pull down 500+ MB of stuff to get matplotlib. It is > because of this that a straight-forward migration from svn to matplotlib > won't be possible. The git repo at https://github.com/darrendale/matplotlib does not include anything from basemap. > What have been the proposed solutions to dealing with basemap's data? Separate repo? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
