On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 3:26 PM, Darren Dale <dsdal...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Eric, that's encouraging. I am reasonably confident, but in the > spirit of code review/cya, I would feel better if another dev chimed in that > they were also reasonably confident without having to take my word for it. I agree with Eric and others in favor of flipping the switch on the trunk/matplotlib conversion to github. Michael and I made some comments on an earlier thread that we were happy with the svn repo, acknowledging that as core developers we were happy using a central svn repo but understanding that for others without easy commit access, a distributed repo might be preferable. So the original decision made many moons ago to switch has never been questioned, it's just that for many of the developers, it has not been a driving need. But we'll gladly stand behind anyone willing to do the work. There are subtleties and difficulties around the mpl svn directories that depend on trunk/matplotlib: sample_data, basemap, sampledoc, etc. I think the solution is the one advocated above: just punt on it. Let's convert the trunk and rely on good practice to keep the others in sync. Ie, when basemap does a release, it can just tag the release notes with "depends on matplotlib release XX or revision YY". Likewise with sampledata, etc. The official repo needs to be https://github.com/matplotlib, which is the matplotlib organization. Darren is already a member, and it looks like he has more bandwidth at this point than Andrew, so Darren if you are ready to "flip the switch" and make an official github repo under this organization, go for it. Once we get the trunk active, we'll worry about the rest, like migrating the release branch. Of course, if Andrew as the original force to move to github, has any comments or concerns, we're certainly receptive to them. But we have a recent release out, the buildbot is broken currently anyhow, and this looks like a perfect time to make the move. JDH ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
