I meant to add, I don't know if their opinion has softened with regards to Git, since that discusion.
On 15 February 2017 at 11:47, David Quintana (gigaherz) <gigah...@gmail.com> wrote: > There was a talk last year, about the possibility of switching. At least > one long-time member said if we fully switched, they'd leave the project in > bad terms. > > On 15 February 2017 at 11:41, Magnus Johnsson <magnus...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Sure, but, do you know that its a fact? Has anyone checked recently? We >> are talking vehemently against it here, right, not 'minor annoyance'? >> Not calling anyone out here, would just love to hear some input on what >> they want from the repository system. No pooflinging, promise. >> >> 2017-02-15 11:35 GMT+01:00 David Quintana (gigaherz) <gigah...@gmail.com> >> : >> >>> The number doesn't matter. The ReactOS project can't afford to lost any >>> long-time members. Git would be a benefit for all of us, but it has to be a >>> benefit for ALL of us. SVN works well enough meanwhile, even if passing >>> patch files around is rather 1990s. >>> >>> On 15 February 2017 at 11:30, Magnus Johnsson <magnus...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> How many developers are we talking about here? :) >>>> >>>> 2017-02-15 11:19 GMT+01:00 Ged Murphy <gedmurphy.mailli...@gmail.com>: >>>> >>>>> Yeah, I had a meeting about this last week at work. We’re slowly doing >>>>> the same, pushing all new projects to use tfs git, and give existing >>>>> projects using vsts the option to convert if they wish. >>>>> >>>>> Git is far better at managing developers working in remote locations, >>>>> and as most of the software industry has already moved towards devs >>>>> working >>>>> remotely, it makes sense. There are very few big companies no longer using >>>>> a distributed system such as git or mercurial. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> That fact that open source projects, which are inherently built on >>>>> devs being remote, are still reluctant to move from a centralized to a >>>>> distributed system seems archaic and self-detrimental. It’s a shame to >>>>> hold >>>>> the project back because a few devs are unwilling to move forward. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> A distributed system can do everything a centralized system can do if >>>>> you decide to model it in that way, and so much more if you decide to >>>>> model >>>>> it in other ways. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Ged. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> *From:* Ros-dev [mailto:ros-dev-boun...@reactos.org] *On Behalf Of *David >>>>> Quintana (gigaherz) >>>>> *Sent:* 15 February 2017 09:57 >>>>> *To:* ReactOS Development List <ros-dev@reactos.org> >>>>> *Subject:* Re: [ros-dev] Microsoft switched to Git >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Unlike us, Microsoft probably doesn't care if a few of the developers >>>>> would rather quit than switch. ;P >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 15 February 2017 at 10:40, Colin Finck <co...@reactos.org> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/bharry/2017/02/03/scaling-g >>>>> it-and-some-back-story/ >>>>> >>>>> I didn't expect Microsoft to switch to Git sooner than us.. >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Ros-dev mailing list >>>>> Ros-dev@reactos.org >>>>> http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Ros-dev mailing list >>>>> Ros-dev@reactos.org >>>>> http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Ros-dev mailing list >>>> Ros-dev@reactos.org >>>> http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Ros-dev mailing list >>> Ros-dev@reactos.org >>> http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ros-dev mailing list >> Ros-dev@reactos.org >> http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev >> > >
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