Re: [B2-devel] git?

[Giulio P. <giu...@gm...>]

Il 16/06/2012 17:35, Alexei Svitkine ha scritto:
> I am okay with switching to git, since it seems developers prefer it
> these days to SVN. (I've not fully embraced git myself since most stuff
> I work on is still using SVN and it suits my needs, but by all means
> let's go with git if that's what people like - and would give me an
> excuse to actually use/learn it.)
> 
> Do any other open source projects use GitHub for their master copy? Does
> it make sense to also move our docs to their wikis and use their bug
> tracker? Anyone have any experience with that?

I know of this project:
https://github.com/marytts/marytts/
that is using github as its main development platform.

If one decides to use git, using all the features of github is a very
good option in my opinion, because all the provided features integrate
very well with git.

The drawback (missing feature) of github is that the whole interface is
very developer oriented and projects are missing a real main page. it is
one of the best option for developers, but non-developers users may be
confused (e.g., where should I download the software releases? hint:
there is a link called Downloads, but it is not very visible).

If it is possible to update this page: http://sheepshaver.cebix.net/
with references to github pages, I think there is no need for other
source farms.

> Alternatively, we can go with Google Code, which also supports git and
> provides a wiki and an issue tracker (with which I'm more familiar
> with). (And since it's git, people can still use GitHub for their own
> forks and pull requests, etc.)

One of the main features of github that you are going to miss is that it
allows to "centralize" development. That is you can track the work of
your contributors with the "Network graph" (e.g.,
https://github.com/marytts/marytts/network) and your developers
community with the "Network members" (e.g.,
https://github.com/marytts/marytts/network/members). This works outside
git, spanning several git repositories that has been cloned using what
github calls a "Fork".

Bests,
	Giulio.

> On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 10:42 AM, Alexander von Gluck
> <kal...@un... <mailto:kal...@un...>> wrote:
> 
>     On 16.06.2012 04:08, Christian Bauer wrote:
>     > Hi!
>     >
>     > At last some action here. :-)
>     >
>     > I agree that for a project with so few active developers CVS should
>     > still be sufficient. But if it helps people working on the code I will
>     > gladly convert the CVS repository to git and put it on GitHub (and
>     shut
>     > down the CVS).
> 
>     Don't even have to use git... Subversion, Mercurial, all good choices.
>     I simply am using git because it is a little more 'unixy' then
>     Mercurial.
> 
>     > My main concern is what to do with the files shared between B2 and
>     SS. I
>     > guess the best starting point would be to put both projects into a
>     > single repository, including the symlinks, and eventually rework the
>     > directory layout later?
> 
>     I think that would be a positive thing.  While I can easily see the
>     reasoning
>     behind using the symlink scripts, given the "mature" state of each
>     codebase
>     the current commits are minimal.
> 
>     I'd vote to do as you said for sheepshaver and keep B2 as-is. Maybe
>     someday
>     SS could do what B2 does and then you could drop B2 completely :)
> 
>     > As far as the crappy GTK prefs editor is concerned: If I was starting
>     > from scratch I'd implement it with Qt (in C++, not with Designer) and
>     > make it work on all supported host platforms. The current code was
>     > originally a quick'n'dirty port of the BeOS UI...
> 
>     Haha, yeah.  It's pretty easy to tell that not a lot has changed from a
>     necessity standpoint (SS is mature, and the current pref editor "works")
> 
>     I actually have SheepShear compiling now on Haiku as of last
>     night, however linking is another story :)
> 
>      -- Alex
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