On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 10:07 PM, Eric Seidel <e...@webkit.org> wrote: > On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 9:54 PM, Maciej Stachowiak <m...@apple.com> wrote: >> >> There's probably proportionately more people using Git. Making these web >> surveys is a pain, so I'd rather not do it again if we don't need to. >> >> What would be the pros and cons of the master repository being git instead >> of svn, for git users? > > The conversion is clearly not loss-less. :) So it's like asking what > would be the pros of backing an SVN checkout with an SVN repository > instead of a Git one (or a CVS one for that matter).
Of course I meant "backing an SVN checkout with a Git repository instead of an SVN one (or a CVS one for that matter)." If that makes any more sense. :) > I'm sure someone who cares more deeply about version control than I do > could give you a list. :) > > But that's not really an argument I'm interested in pushing. I > believe eventually the remaining SVN users will switch to distributed > version control of their own will, and we'll eventually decide to stop > supporting SVN because not enough of the project is using it to > justify causing the majority of users to use a translated solution. > > But we have larger problems to solve in WebKit besides what version > control system we're using. :) > > I'm sorry for re-starting this thread and distracting from more > important discussions. It just crossed my mind for whatever reason > again this evening. > >> (For current svn users I assume using svn would become effectively >> impossible; the only tool I could find to do this is server-side and >> essentially maintains git and svn repositories in parallel.) >> >> - Maciej >> >> On Feb 17, 2013, at 9:00 PM, Eric Seidel <e...@webkit.org> wrote: >> >>> I wonder if the git-taking-over-the-project trend has continued a year >>> later. >>> >>> I'm also glad to see efforts like >>> https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=110073 towards standardizing >>> on a simpler git workflow. :) >>> >>> Thanks again for running the survey. >>> >>> On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 4:58 PM, Maciej Stachowiak <m...@apple.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Mar 22, 2012, at 9:16 PM, Adam Barth wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 12:49 PM, Maciej Stachowiak <m...@apple.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> I made a bad choice of survey site. They want to charge me to see more >>>>>> than >>>>>> 100 responses or to export the data, but they won't take my money. >>>>>> Sadness. >>>>>> Please try this survey instead, it will run through the 17th. >>>>> >>>>> The survey seems to be over. Any word on the results? >>>> >>>> Here's the results: >>>> >>>> == All persons responding == >>>> >>>> Total responses: 167 >>>> Use SVN only: 24 (14%) >>>> Use SVN+ Git: 26 (16%) >>>> Use Git Only: 115 (69%) >>>> Other: 2 (1%) >>>> >>>> == Only committers + reviewers == >>>> >>>> Total responses: 105 >>>> Use SVN only: 18 (17%) >>>> Use SVN+ Git: 21 (20%) >>>> Use Git Only: 65 (62%) >>>> Other: 1 (1%) >>>> >>>> == Only reviewers == >>>> >>>> Total responses: 48 >>>> Use SVN only: 12 (25%) >>>> Use SVN+ Git: 13 (27%) >>>> Use Git Only: 22 (45%) >>>> Other: 1 (2%) >>>> >>>> == Values of "other" responses == >>>> >>>> 1 "git-svn" >>>> 1 "Commit queue + trac" >>>> >>>> == Conclusions (assuming the sample is representative) == >>>> >>>> - More of the WebKit community uses Git than SVN to access the WebKit >>>> repository >>>> - Quite a few people use both >>>> - A significant proportion of the community uses SVN, and a significant >>>> fraction of those use it exclusively >>>> - Reviewers (presumably longer-time, more experienced contributors) are >>>> more likely to use SVN than newer contributors >>>> - Newer participants are particularly likely to use Git >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> webkit-dev mailing list >>>> webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org >>>> http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev >> _______________________________________________ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev
