Re: [orca-list] GNOME to migrate to git

[John covici <covici ccs covici com>]

Hi.  I tried to get the orca git version, but got the error fatal:
remote hung up unexpectedly.  Is it not there yet?

on Monday 04/13/2009 Willie Walker(William Walker Sun COM) wrote
> I'm sorry if I was unclear about this.  Here's the deal:
>
> * Orca is an open source project.  Orca's sources are currently stored  
> in a public source code repository maintained by GNOME.  Source code  
> repositories enable you to do things such as record changes to code  
> bases, branch for releases, etc.  The system GNOME currently uses for  
> this is called "subversion" or SVN.  There are other systems used for  
> maintaining sources, such as CVS, mercurial, teamware, and GIT.
>
> * You can always get the latest Orca sources, even the sources that  
> have not yet been released yet as part of a release, by obtaining them  
> from the source code repository.  Many users on this list do so.  We  
> currently call it "pulling from SVN trunk."
>
> * GNOME team has decided to move towards GIT.  I'm not interested in  
> any arguments for or against this because the decision has been made  
> and it is being done.
>
> * As a result, Orca will be migrated to GIT.  You will still have the  
> same free, unblocked, and immediate access to the sources, except you  
> will be using GIT and not SVN.  In other words, the only changes will  
> be the commands you type.  Please take the time to read the link  
> provided below, and please take the time to read the link which it  
> points to: http://live.gnome.org/GitMigration/Git
>
> * The Orca WIKI will need updating to refer to GIT instead of  
> subversion and svn.  It should be relatively painless.  Any volunteers  
> to edit the WIKI?
>
> Will
>
> On Apr 13, 2009, at 9:42 AM, Willie Walker wrote:
>
> > For those of you who pull from SVN, this is a big FYI...
> >
> > Will
> >
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > > From: Lucas Rocha <lucasr gnome org>
> > > Date: March 19, 2009 7:04:33 AM EDT
> > > To: devel-announce-list gnome org, "gnome-i18n gnome org"  
> > > <gnome-i18n gnome org>, Gnome Doc List <gnome-doc-list gnome org>,  
> > > desktop-devel-list <desktop-devel-list gnome org>,  
> > > gnome-infrastructure gnome org
> > > Subject: GNOME to migrate to git
> > >
> > > The GNOME Release Team would like to announce that git will be the  
> > > new Version
> > > Control System (VCS) for GNOME. In our opinion, the decision reflects
> > > the opinion
> > > of the majority of our active contributors.
> > >
> > > In December 2008, Behdad Esfahbod organized the GNOME DVCS  
> > > (Distributed Version
> > > Control System) Survey on behalf of the GNOME Foundation board of  
> > > directors,
> > > Release Team, and Sysadmin Team with the aim of better understanding
> > > familiarity and preferences of our active contributor base regarding  
> > > the future
> > > VCS for GNOME. The survey results[1], released in January 2009, show  
> > > that git
> > > is by far the preferred DVCS for the majority of our active  
> > > contributors - the
> > > main users of GNOME infrastructure. Elijah Newren has made an  
> > > in-depth analysis
> > > of the results[2].
> > >
> > > Since January 2009, a group of brave contributors (Owen Taylor,  
> > > Kristian
> > > H gsberg, Behdad Esfahbod, Federico Quintero, and others) have been  
> > > working on
> > > the migration of our Subversion repositories to git[3]. The git  
> > > migration team
> > > is documenting their progress at:
> > >
> > >  http://live.gnome.org/GitMigration
> > >
> > > The new git.gnome.org server is now in good shape and contains a  
> > > functional
> > > preview of all GNOME git repositories. The official migration of all  
> > > our
> > > Subversion repositories to git will take place just after the 2.26.1
> > > release, on April 16.
> > >
> > > The git migration team is now working on sorting out the last details  
> > > of the
> > > migration and providing complete documentation on how to use git on  
> > > daily GNOME
> > > contributions (for documentors, translators, developers, etc). 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 cycle and give enough time  
> > > for
> > > contributors to get used to the new VCS.
> > >
> > > We realize that git is not perfect, and that the transition will  
> > > require
> > > significant and important changes to many GNOME processes. With that  
> > > in mind,
> > > we hope that more community members will step forward to help making  
> > > the process
> > > as efficient and painless as possible. We'd like to invite the  
> > > community to:
> > > a) help us to provide accurate documentation for documentors,  
> > > translators and
> > > developers; b) test the preview repositories in git.gnome.org and  
> > > help the git
> > > migration team on finding and fixing any issues in the repositories  
> > > you work
> > > on. For instance, modules using svn externals need decision from their
> > > respective maintainers[5].
> > >
> > > If you'd like to help, subcribe to gnome-infrastructure[4] and  
> > > report/discuss
> > > any issues you find there.
> > >
> > > Cheers!
> > >
> > > The GNOME Release Team
> > >
> > > [1] http://www.gnome.org/~behdad/dvcs-survey/
> > > [2]  
> > > http://blogs.gnome.org/newren/2009/01/03/gnome-dvcs-survey-results/
> > > [3]  
> > > http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2009-January/ 
> > > msg00137.html
> > > [4] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-infrastructure
> > > [5]  
> > > http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-infrastructure/2009-March/ 
> > > msg00054.html
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