Remember too, that Github has a point-and-click native app for mac and windows, if anyone is worried about a learning curve on git :P
-- @nathandotz github.com/sleepynate | www.sleepynate.com Sent with Sparrow (http://www.sparrowmailapp.com/?sig) On Monday, December 17, 2012 at 12:46 PM, Adam Davison wrote: > I don't have too much experience with git. But my experience with bzr > was all negative. The learning curve was very steep. I always got the > feeling that you needed to understand a great deal of the internal > workings in order to understand what command you should run. > > When we swtiched it was my first experience with DVCS. I understood > the whole DVCS aspect of it but things like there multiple unintuitive > commands (pull, branch and clone spring to mind, which do you want > from the name?). Then I need to know whether to commit or push, which > requires me to remember what I did last time. > > Part of this is because I never used it heavily but this is probably a > pretty good snapshot of the experience many new developers would face. > > On 17 December 2012 16:29, Daniel Schürmann <dasch...@mixxx.org > (mailto:dasch...@mixxx.org)> wrote: > > Hi RJ, Hi All > > > > "bzr vs. git" if you ask Google you find a lot of pros and cons for both. > > > > I personal like the IMO easy "commit / update" scheme from SVN. Every time I > > use git it is hard for me to understand what will happen. > > But I am willing to learn. :-) > > > > I think you listed pros and cons are valid for us. > > And I am sure git is much better than bzr, but its harder to use for new > > user. > > > > Launchpad makes a good job in clarity and has an outstanding bug management. > > It should be well thought if we move away and give up this one stop > > provider. > > > > I have recently worked with cinnamon on GitHub. It is very hard to get an > > overview of the project > > You can compare for instance: > > https://github.com/linuxmint/Cinnamon > > http://code.google.com/p/clementine-player/ > > > > Do you have experiences with tools like bzr-git and git-bzr? > > > > One minor issue with is the non consecutive version number of git. I there > > an easy way to generate a revision counter with git? > > > > I have not exactly get your point why code review with GitHub is that much > > faster.? > > > > I support the Idea to set up a git mirror. This is in any case good idea to > > test how it will feel and a good first step. > > But for now I would prefer to have our trunk (master branch) at Launchpad. > > > > Kind regards, > > > > Daniel > > > > PS: Sorry for the empty mail. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2012/12/16 Neale Pickett <ne...@woozle.org (mailto:ne...@woozle.org)> > > > > > > +1 I'm a fan of git; bzr confuses me. > > > > > > Consider gitorious instead of GitHub, though. Gitorious releases 100% > > > of the source code used to run the site, and is very FOSS oriented, > > > while GitHub uses proprietary software and is interested in you paying > > > money for project hosting. > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 14 Dec 2012 19:46:34 -0500 > > > RJ Ryan <rr...@mixxx.org (mailto:rr...@mixxx.org)> wrote: > > > > > > > Here's a thought. What if we moved our repos to git and hosted on > > > > GitHub? We would use Launchpad for project management (bugs, specs, > > > > milestones, etc) and GitHub for code and code review. > > > > > > > > PRO: > > > > > > > > - GitHub's web-based code review tool is getting better by the day. > > > > - git has 'won' the battle of the DVCS's. > > > > - git is lightning fast in contrast to bazaar > > > > - GitHub has a very slick web interface for browsing code > > > > - Contributors submit pull requests instead of patches. This way > > > > they get their names in the commit log as the committer. This makes > > > > attribution and copyright ownership easier to track. > > > > - lightweight branches > > > > - Launchpad supports pulling code / branch info from an external > > > > git tree so code.launchpad.net/mixxx (http://code.launchpad.net/mixxx) > > > > won't be totally useless. > > > > > > > > > > > > CON: > > > > > > > > - Git is harder to use than Bazaar. Developers not familiar will > > > > have to learn. > > > > - Work involved in migrating scripts, build server, build system, > > > > etc. > > > > - Issue tracker is fledgling. We should only use GitHub for code > > > > and code review, not for issues or wiki. > > > > - lightweight branches -- need to hack scons to do per-branch > > > > object file folders or else you will be re-building the world all > > > > over the place. > > > > - No link from GitHub commits to LP bugs other than in commit > > > > description. IMO not a big deal. > > > > > > > > Thoughts? > > > > > > > > In general these are the points that I think really matter: > > > > > > > > * Code review : I spend a lot of time reviewing code and patch > > > > submissions. I would switch to GitHub for this alone. If it made me > > > > spend half as much time reviewing code as I do now that would be a > > > > huge savings and would free time for me to do other things. > > > > > > > > * Speed. I'm so fed up with Bazaar's slowness and I'm sure you are > > > > too. > > > > > > > > * Developer mindshare is in Git, we are potentially missing out on > > > > contributions due to our tools (scons, bzr) being unfamiliar. > > > > > > > > * The tooling in the git community is way better than Bazaar. > > > > > > > > Another option is to setup a mirror of bzr on GitHub. > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. 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