Re: [rvm-core] an official git mirror of the SVN repository?

[Peter D. <pe...@re...>]

On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 4:10 PM, Steve Blackburn
<ste...@an...> wrote:
> Furthermore, we are apparently constrained to using one of the scms on
> offer from sourceforge (I'm not sure how true this statement is, but
> in any case we would not take lightly a shift to a different scm).

Not really that true ;) We don't really use much of the other
infrastructure at sourceforge (IIRC the research tracker and svn are
the only remaining components). It would be relatively simple to move
that infrastructure elsewhere if anyone had the inclination.

However I don't think Will is suggesting that primary development be
moved across to another scm (at this stage). The authoritative copy of
the rvm is in sf and a mirror is present on github (that will host for
free) for git users.

As most of the "audience" for the project is likely to find git more
consistent with their workflows. i.e. Anyone can have their own
version controlled branch of rvm and publish it with no difficulty. My
guess is that after trialing github in this fashion you may find that
most of the core team move to using it aswell ;)

> Arguably a system like svk (http://svk.bestpractical.com/view/
> HomePage) addresses the first problem given our current use of svn.

svk is great for what it is but it can be annoying to setup and if you
work across multiple computers you need to figure out a way to publish
non-mainline branches and it can be annoying.

> The research tracker exists to address the second problem (whether it
> does a good job is a different matter).

I would say it does not do a good job ;) i.e. It is easy to imagine a
situation where person A wants to have a branch that is a merge of
person Bs work and person Cs work plus some of their own
modifications. To do this via the research trackers requires lots of
manual labor for everyone who wants to check it out

Anyhoo I don't really have a stake in it atm but mirroring a tree on
github seems like a really good idea to me and if the mirroring
process could be setup on one of the anu boxes even better.

-- 
Cheers,

Peter Donald
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