Re: [Gwt-openlayers-devl] Devl mailing list

[Farrukh N. <fa...@we...>]

Unfortunately, as Curtis reminded me, hg is not offered by SF.

So the choice is between svn and git. I have used git enough to know 
that it does work out of the box with a minor learning curve. I would 
prefer git but like most of us I can live with svn.

Are there other folks who would prefer to stay with svn rather than 
learning git?

Note that with IDE support for NetBeans and eclipse the learning curve 
should not be that much of an issue.

Thanks.

Edwin Commandeur wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I am perfectly happy with SVN, which I think would already be a major 
> improvement over CVS and would suit our needs fine, but I would also 
> agree with using Hg.
>
> I have more confidence in Hg than in Git, because to my mind a VCS 
> tool should just work, and not be so open ended as Git.
>
> Also, as a Java Developer I think about projects as Open JDK for which 
> they are also using Hg, so I would be interested to learn about Hg 
> more than about Git.
>
> Having not used any of the distributed VCS tools, I cannot talk from 
> experience, but on the Git vs Mercurial comparison it is stated that
> "migrating from Subversion/CVS to git requires a lot of work. Linus 
> has made it clear that he disagrees with the fundamental ideas behind 
> Subversion/CVS"
>
> I have no idea if migrating from CVS to Mercurial is any easier, but 
> that could also be a consideration to take into account.
>
> Greetings,
> Edwin
>
>
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> 2009/3/1 Farrukh Najmi <fa...@we... 
> <mailto:fa...@we...>>
>
>
>     I have not used hg and have used git a little so can't say I have a
>     strong opinion between the two DVCS tools. Here is a good blog
>     comparing
>     the two:
>
>     <http://importantshock.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/git-vs-mercurial/>
>
>     High order bit decision is whether we should do a more modern
>     distributed version control system like git or hg instead of svn.
>     So far
>     it sounds like the opinions are in the YES camp.
>
>     I can go with either hg or git. Lets see what others feel. Thanks.
>
>     Aaron Novstrup wrote:
>     > If you're going to switch to a DVCS, I'd recommend hg since
>     AFAIK it's
>     > better than git for cross-platform development.  No strong
>     preference,
>     > though, just my two cents.
>     >
>     > Farrukh Najmi wrote:
>     >> Dear team mates,
>     >>
>     >> Here is our list for the dev team to communicate. I will set us
>     up on
>     >> the other two lists (users, commits) shortly.
>     >>
>     >> I noticed that SF now offers git as a version control system (VCS).
>     >> git was created by Linus of Linux fame and is used by projects like
>     >> Linux. Its is better than svn and one of the best VCS available.
>     >>
>     >> What do folks think of using git instead of svn? The main advantage
>     >> svn has is one of familiarity. However git has many advanced
>     features
>     >> beyond svn (distributed VCS being an important one).
>     >>
>     >> Here is a useful resource:
>     >>
>     >> <http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitSvnComparsion>
>     >>
>     >> Please share your thoughts on this. Thanks.
>     >>
>     >>
>     >
>


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Regards,
Farrukh

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