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

It's been done and I've made two check ins already. I need to step out of the office right _now_ (immediately), so I won't be available to help in detail. These commands should work, though: 

git clone git://git-mirror.gnome.org/git/orca
cd orca

Will

On 04/17/09 10:20, John covici wrote:

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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