Re: GNOME and git

[Olav Vitters <olav bkor dhs org>]

On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 01:01:14AM +0000, Lucas Rocha wrote:
> It's pretty clear to me that the migration to git is the way to go and
> will most likely happen soon. IMO, we (r-t) should come up with an

To make it clear from the beginning, I agree that it will be git, but
refrain from saying it is the best and so on (not productive anyway, so
do not copy this outside r-t).

> My point is: it's the time to change the perception of DVCS topic in
> GNOME community from "Which DVCS should be used in GNOME" to "What
> should we fix in order to have git fully working in GNOME?".

Agreed.

> - We believe moving to a DVCS will potentially allow us to collaborate
> more efficiently inside GNOME and with other communities

I'm not sure that is the case, so I'll refrain. Note that I disagree
with the use of 'potentially'. It was one of the key points raised, so
potentially is too soft.

> - We invite the community to
>   * test the new preview git repos in git.gnome.org and help us
> finding and fixing any issues

The quality of the migration should not be tested, this is the
responsibility of the migration team. If you leave it up to testers,
then the responsibility is in the wrong place.
Automated tools should be used to test everything, branches, 'blame'
output, end of line things, etc.

Testers should focus on new workflows and so on.

> - By migrating in the very beginning of the 2.27.x development cycle,
> we'll be able to work out any issues very early in the development
> process and give enough time for contributors to get used to the new
> VCS

Agreed.

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Regards,
Olav