I'm a -0 if you or others reconfigure our jira instance, hooks to bamboo, cru instance, install scripts, release scripts, etc. before we switch the code over.
If this has not been done, then I'm a -1 on the grounds that something that works now is better than something that sounds like it might work. In short: I won't stand in the way but someone who really wants git has to do the leg work of getting things up and running. Chris > The question whether the Opencast project should move to git has > already been brought to list several times and has each time been > rejected due to good reasons. But with all this GSoC discussion going > on and having seen multiple people on list who are willing to > contribute I find that it's time to bring it up again. > > I do not want to write about the differences and -- in my opinion -- > advantages of using git over svn once more. This can be read in my > predecessors posts on the subject and elsewhere. I just would like to > emphasize that one point that makes git so outstanding for me. I see > more people wanting to work on Matterhorn but do not have commit > rights -- and probably won't ever get. But with git this doesn't > really matter. It's an easy go: clone, branch, fetch, work. And if > your work results in something that should be contributed back, just > ask someone to fetch from you. This process of working is inherent to > git. Sure, one can achieve something similar using the git svn bridge > like we do at Entwine. But this always feels a bit like a hack, not > that natural. And then there is this psychological effect you have > with a git based project, which invites people to join be just > saying: clone me! > > The second reason why I'm talking about switching to git is the > experience we gained at Entwine working with a dual git/svn setup > where developers work solely in git but parts of our work repos are > connected to the OC SVN. This doesn't work bad but it feels like > having MH git based would be much nicer. > > I think it would be a good idea to switch to git after the 1.4 > release and before GSoC to send out a strong signal that we embrace > folks who want to work with us on MH. This leaves us some time to > plan the migration and for everybody to check out git. Entwine can > share their list of resources to get everybody to learn at least the > basics to become productive with git soon. > > Christoph > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Matterhorn mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.opencastproject.org/mailman/listinfo/matterhorn > > > To unsubscribe please email > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ -- Christopher Brooks, BSc, MSc ARIES Laboratory, University of Saskatchewan Web: http://www.cs.usask.ca/~cab938 Phone: 1.306.966.1442 Mail: Advanced Research in Intelligent Educational Systems Laboratory Department of Computer Science University of Saskatchewan 176 Thorvaldson Building 110 Science Place Saskatoon, SK S7N 5C9 _______________________________________________ Matterhorn mailing list [email protected] http://lists.opencastproject.org/mailman/listinfo/matterhorn To unsubscribe please email [email protected] _______________________________________________
