hi michael, i am really happy to see this change. i'm glad that we are moving to github.
i vote for number three. On Monday, September 10, 2012 4:56:24 PM UTC+3, Michael Pedersen wrote: > > Okay, a couple weeks back, right after we released TG 2.2.0, we > discovered a few things about the sourceforge system that makes it no > longer desirable for using as our tracker. We had been thinking of > using Github back when we switched last year, but (at the time) we > chose SF. > > Now, we're going to make the switch to Github. I'm in the process of > writing a migration tool that will copy all the pieces over for us. > One question, though, has arisen, and this change is both significant > and inconsequential. All of our previous systems have used one issue > tracker for the entire project. Github uses one tracker per > repository, and we have three repositories (core, docs, and > tutorials). This means that I have to do something different for > copying ticket information, and I want to ask for feedback before I do > it. Here's the options: > > 1. Copy every ticket into every repository's issue tracker. Good: > Ticket numbers are preserved. Bad: Tickets are fully duplicated, which > could make it difficult for people to track the tickets they genuinely > care about. Also means we have to close a bunch of them > inappropriately (a ticket applies only to docs, so it has be closed on > core and on tutorials). > > 2. Copy only relevant tickets, but use placeholders for non-relevant > tickets. Good: Ticket numbers are preserved. Bad: Lots of tickets in > each repository that will read "Placeholder. Please ignore." > > 3. Copy only relevant tickets. Good: Each repository's issues are kept > to being just the relevant items. Bad: Ticket numbers are not > preserved. > > I'm leaning towards number three, personally. However, I know that > there are some people who will prefer (or even demand) one of the > others, so as to preserve ticket numbering. > > What do you think? Which one would you prefer? > > -- > Michael J. Pedersen > My Online Resume: http://www.icelus.org/ -- Google+ > http://plus.ly/pedersen > Google Talk: [email protected] <javascript:> -- Twitter: pedersentg > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TurboGears" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/turbogears/-/Cz6XoqBrdwUJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/turbogears?hl=en.
