On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 10:08 +0000, "Upayavira" <u...@odoko.co.uk> wrote: > It has been suggested that you can do HG to SVN via: > > hg -> git-fast-import -> svn
The other place suggested to ask is on users@subversion.a.o. Upayavira > On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 09:00 +0000, "Upayavira" <u...@odoko.co.uk> wrote: > > I've done the authz grants. I could find accounts for everyone except > > Joseph Gentle and Lennard de Rijk. > > > > I've also created the space itself. > > > > So, then next big thing is to work out whether to just commit a snapshot > > or whether to attempt a full import. > > > > I'll ask on the ASF's infrastructure mailing list whether anyone knows > > of HG->SVN conversion techniques. > > > > Upayavira > > > > On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 08:07 +0000, "Upayavira" <u...@odoko.co.uk> wrote: > > > I am happy to help with getting SVN set up. > > > > > > These are the stages that it requires, as far as I see: > > > > > > * svn mkdir https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/wave > > > * granting access in the authz config > > > * if we have history, importing it > > > * if we don't have history, doing an svn commit of the code as is > > > > > > (now goes to see if this matches what it says in the documentation...) > > > > > > As to other points, in terms of converting to SVN, I'd suggest looking > > > for intermediaries. What can you convert an HG repo to? > > > > > > In terms of the site, yes, you'd typically have site next to trunk. > > > > > > I'll get the space created soon. If you decide to ditch history, you can > > > then do the rest yourself. If you find a way to preserve history, I can > > > arrange an import. > > > > > > Upayavira > > > > > > On Tue, 01 Feb 2011 19:18 -0800, "Michael MacFadden" > > > <michael.macfad...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > It seems like all of the tools are focused on moving from SN to > > > > mercurial. Doesn't seem to be an easy way to go the other way and > > > > preserve the history. I will do a little bit of searching, but as Dave > > > > says, I don't think the history is important enough to struggle with > > > > it. > > > > Especially if we leave the google code repo up and read only. > > > > > > > > As a side note, there are some other suggestions from apache on how to > > > > set the SVN up. It seems like the files for the site are supposed to be > > > > high up in the repository, probably as a peer to the "code". I will > > > > poke > > > > around and see what a typical layout is. > > > > > > > > As a side not it does look like we need to get the SVN set up before we > > > > can move forward with the public site, which is why I am trying to get > > > > that organized. I am perfectly happy taking point on the SVN move. > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > ~Michael > > > > > > > > On Feb 1, 2011, at 6:13 PM, David Hearnden wrote: > > > > > > > > > The most painless solution would be just to check in a snapshot of > > > > > the hg > > > > > repo into svn. > > > > > > > > > > If there is a way to preserve history, then that would be better, but > > > > > I > > > > > don't think the history is valuable enough for anyone to spend more > > > > > than a > > > > > few hours looking in to it. e.g., we've lost history twice before: > > > > > once in > > > > > the move of wave code from our internal repositories out to Google > > > > > Code, and > > > > > then once again when we merged the wave-protocol-libraries repo into > > > > > wave-protocol. > > > > > > > > > > In either case, once the appropriate mechanisms are working, we should > > > > > announce that we'll do the migration a few days or a week in advance, > > > > > to > > > > > give contributors enough time to submit what they can. Trying to > > > > > continue a > > > > > patch through a repository + vcs change can be quite painful. > > > > > > > > > > -Dave > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 1:06 PM, James Purser <jamesrpur...@gmail.com> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > >> has anyone had a look at the best way to convert from hg to svn? > > > > >> > > > > >> Google brings me plenty of ways to do it the other way, but nothing > > > > >> helpful. > > > > >> > > > > >> James > > > > >> > > > > >> On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 1:03 PM, Michael MacFadden < > > > > >> michael.macfad...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > >> > > > > >>> Mentors, > > > > >>> > > > > >>> Looks like you need to set up the SVN repo. I am sure you know > > > > >>> this, but > > > > >> I > > > > >>> figured out that the mentor's had to do it by reading the following > > > > >>> instructions. Thanks. > > > > >>> > > > > >>> http://incubator.apache.org/guides/mentor.html#Set+Up+Podling > > > > >>> > > > > >>> ~Michael > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > >
