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

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

thanks for the links. It seems it is not officially supported but 
possible. See irc chat log with SF support:

"
Farrukh: Hi Guys, Quick q. Does SF have any plans to provided hg 
(mercurial) as a hosted app similar to cvs, svn, git?
(04:44:07 PM) cmaloney: Hi farrukh_najmi, we don't pre-announce any 
initiatives unfortunately.
(04:44:56 PM) cmaloney: Also, a point of clarification, git, svn and cvs 
aren't hosted applications.
(04:45:10 PM) cmaloney: hosted apps are applications like Mediawiki, 
phpBB, etc.
(04:45:32 PM) cmaloney: cvs, svn, and git are all scm services.
(04:46:24 PM) cmaloney: If you'd like to ask for Mercurial support, 
please post a support request.�
"

My guess is that its only a matter of time until it is supported. 
Perhaps I will make the support request and then we just wait until its 
done and stay with cvs until then?

I would be OK with that. Thanks.

Edwin Commandeur wrote:
> Hi Farrukh,
>
> According to this page SF support Hg since september 2008:
>
> http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi/MercurialOnSourceforge
>
> Also I found some documentation on how to convert a CVS repo to Hg:
>
> http://nivox.blogspot.com/2008/02/cvs-to-mercurial.html
>
> As before, I can't speak from experience, but according to the Git vs 
> Hg comparison site you linked to earlier converting from CVS to Git 
> was painful and it seems that going from CVS to Hg is perhaps less 
> painful.
>
> Anyway, since you have experience with Git, that would be a good 
> reason to choose Git...
>
> Greetings,
> Edwin
>
> 2009/3/1 Farrukh Najmi <fa...@we... 
> <mailto: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
>     >
>     >
>     > gwt...@li...
>     <mailto:gwt...@li...>
>     > <mailto:gwt...@li...
>     <mailto:gwt...@li...>>
>     >
>     > 2009/3/1 Farrukh Najmi <fa...@we...
>     <mailto:fa...@we...>
>     > <mailto: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.
>     > >>
>


-- 
Regards,
Farrukh

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