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Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:46:37 +0200
Cc: Marcus Boerger <helly@php.net>,
 PHP Developers Mailing List <internals@lists.php.net>
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] CVS to SVN Migration
From: mls@pooteeweet.org (Lukas Kahwe Smith)


On 25.07.2008, at 12:41, Scott MacVicar wrote:

>
> On 25 Jul 2008, at 10:58, Lukas Kahwe Smith wrote:
>
>>
>> On 25.07.2008, at 11:46, Marcus Boerger wrote:
>>
>>>> I mean that if several people work on a changeset, that they still
>>>> might want to have a join central repo. Of course dvcs allows  
>>>> direct
>>>> exchange of patches as well, but it might still be a good idea to  
>>>> have
>>>> this central dvcs repo for historical reasons (lets say some  
>>>> stuff is
>>>> attempted, it is then abandonded and then picked up by someone  
>>>> else).
>>>
>>>> Also in terms of standardization I mean that even core developers  
>>>> can
>>>> get overwhelmed if they end up having to use git here, and hg  
>>>> there.
>>>> Then again we are still far away from having that many different
>>>> subprojects that need dvcs.
>>>
>>> I still cannot follow you. Do you even know about these tools?
>>
>> I have not used any of them enough in practice to really know them  
>> well.
>>
>>> If two parties use git or hg they are all fine. And everyone else  
>>> is fine
>>> too because they don' t have to learn dcms (btw, it's a  
>>> distributed cms
>>> as in code/configuraqtion management system:
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_management_system). Anyway you  
>>> don't want
>>> to teach for example our documentation group to use git or hg.  
>>> Besides the
>>> fact thaqt there is no windows support for git they do not have the
>>> slightest use whatsoever for local branching. Though of course  
>>> anyone who
>>> is can safely start it's own perfectly working local one.
>>
>>
>> The point is:
>> - re2c experimental work used git
>
> We used svn, we converted the 5.3 branch to svn and then did an  
> export at the end and merged back to CVS.


Ah ok .. the point was just to provide an example that if its a free  
for all on what dvcs to use, it can make things harder for people that  
join/examine different experimental branches :)

regards,
Lukas Kahwe Smith
mls@pooteeweet.org