Re: Subversion migration.

[Mikael Hallendal <micke imendio com>]

26 maj 2005 kl. 08.02 skrev Ross Golder:

Hi,

I think a solution that would work really well is to go to  
Subversion, it's a really big improvement from CVS and at the same  
time mirror it to baz (as Canonical is currently doing). This gives  
the possibility to use baz for those that want and Subversion for the  
others.

It can be used as follow,

* Have a writable subversion checkout.

* Check out a read-only baz copy and work against your own branch  
with baz.

* When done with the patch you are working on, make a patch and apply  
it to the
  subversion tree to commit it to the main repository.

If you just want to go on as we currently do, just checkout the  
Subversion and skip the baz step all together.

I've been trying out baz a bit since lifeless and jeff where nice to  
help me get started. While it has a lot of interesting features (and  
I will definitely use the above solution myself) it's another way of  
thinking and I find myself unsure on how it works from time to time  
and have to go back and look it up.

Just my thoughts,
  Mikael Hallendal

> On Thu, 2005-05-12 at 09:22 -0400, Morten Welinder wrote:
>
> > Is there a problem we're trying to solve or is this just for the
> > heck of it?
>
> No specific problem that I can see. CVS works and we could use it for
> the next century, but it's fairly dull and inflexible. I think the aim
> is to allow the project to start to reap the benefits of the more
> advanced VCS systems now available.
>
>
> > (Yes, cvs has a million problems, but is someone actively being
> > hindered in his/her work by cvs' failings?)
>
> As a developer, just the fact that I can't do 'cvs diff' when  
> offline is
> a real PITA. Now I've seen how things could be, and all the other
> projects I hack on use Subversion, I find it less appealing to start
> working on a GNOME project if I find myself offline with a few  
> hours to
> spare.
>
> --
> Ross
>
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