Absolutely agree with the canonical source thing! Any mirroring effort should be considered a temporary thing, and a migration path once the tools mature enough.
On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 4:55 PM, Mark Struberg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > There were some projects which moved to GIT. > > But after a short while they are now all DEAD! > > This has nothing to do with GIT itself (which I love), but with the > missing 'ownership'. > It's totally easy on github to just fork a project and fix your bug there > - fully agree! > But what about merging this stuff back? Well, this just does not happen > most of the time. > > And this is the reason why I still love to have those projects over here > at codehaus, eclipse or apache. > > Mostly because all people then know where to get the origin from. > > Again, this has nothing to do with GIT vs SVN. It just has to do with > having some 'cannonical' source or not. > > LieGrue, > strub > > > > > >________________________________ > > From: Jochen Wiedmann <[email protected]> > >To: [email protected] > >Sent: Friday, 28 June 2013, 16:07 > >Subject: Re: [mojo-dev] Re: Mojo GIT migration or mirroring? > > > > > > > >Just asking: Does Github offer to provide an SVN mirror? Or is there any > other way to have a mirror without too much hazzle? > > > > > > > > > > > >On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 9:50 AM, Fred Cooke <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> > >> > >>>For GIT users there are several ways to work with SVN, so that's > probably why this isn't that urgent. > >>> > >> > >>That's not really a good reason not to, because: > >> > >> * The SVN >> Git process isn't fast (because SVN is itself SLOW) > >> * Each converter has to find motivation to bother setting this up > and doing it in the first place. (read, they'll just not bother most of the > time) > >> > >> * Each conversion will have a different set of hashes even if the > other parameters are the same and thus won't be able to be collaborated > between effectively. Having a single official mirror means others can > effectively work together on "it" with the final result pulled back into > SVN when ready and then automatically pushed back to Git again. The work > flow is a pain, but still a lot better than suffering SVN in the first > place. > >> > >>migrate > 1 official mirror (per mojo) > N unofficial mirrors/leave it > alone > >> > >>I'm not ignoring the work involved in mirroring, just pointing out some > facts. I don't think the Maven tool-set / infrastructure is 100% ready for > Git, to be perfectly honest. The sink or swim method may be a good way to > get it there, but might be painful, too. I'd certainly appreciate more Git > friendly behaviour, though :-) > >> > >>Fred. > >> > >> > >>Robert > >>> > >>> > >>>On Thu, 27 Jun 2013 21:44:33 +0200, Lennart Jörelid < > [email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>Folks... if anyone has an answer to this question, I would be all ears. > >>>>Can I work with GIT or Mercurial here? Onto some mirror? > >>>>If not - is there a process to distribute projects/plugins to GitHub? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>2013/6/25 Lennart Jörelid <[email protected]> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>Hello all, > >>>>> > >>>>>I wonder if the Mojo project has a structured way of migrating to a > >>>>>distributed VCS (GIT, presumably, or Mercurial) for various currently > >>>>>SVN-based projects - or any policy on a 2-way mirroring between the > two > >>>>>VCS'es. > >>>>> > >>>>>I believe distributed VCSs increase visibility and reduce complexity > for > >>>>>donning a patch compared to the standard subversion way, particularly > with > >>>>>the help of processes and services such as GitHub or BitBucket. > Anything > >>>>>that can increase visibility and reduce hinders in contributing > patches to > >>>>>projects is in itself a Good Thing. > >>>>> > >>>>>So ... is there a Git/Mercurial mirror or migration process for SVN > >>>>>projects at Codehaus? > >>>>>If so - where can I find access details? > >>>>>If not - why? > >>>>> > >>>>>-- > >>>>> > >>>>>+==============================+ > >>>>>| Bästa hälsningar, > >>>>>| [sw. "Best regards"] > >>>>>| > >>>>>| Lennart Jörelid > >>>>>| EAI Architect & Integrator > >>>>>| > >>>>>| jGuru Europe AB > >>>>>| Mölnlycke - Kista > >>>>>| > >>>>>| Email: [email protected] > >>>>>| URL: www.jguru.se > >>>>>| Phone > >>>>>| (skype): jgurueurope > >>>>>| (intl): +46 708 507 603 > >>>>>| (domestic): 0708 - 507 603 > >>>>>+==============================+ > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>>-- > >>> > Using Opera's revolutionary email client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ > >>> > >>>--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>To unsubscribe from this list, please visit: > >>> > >>> http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > > > > > >-- > >"That's what prayers are ... it's frightened people trying to make > friends with the bully!" > > > >Terry Pratchett. The Last Hero > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list, please visit: > > http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email > > >
