Re: [Gwt-openlayers-devl] Mercurial branch

[Edwin C. <com...@gm...>]

Hi,

I have been trying out msysgit (Git on windows) and it installed and run
without problems. I did saw that there are some commands that are not
supported on windows, but I could clone a repository from GitHub without any
problems. It was amazed that it was quite slow, but maybe that's just the
first time clone.

Nice that Aaron now also has Hg repository up to play with.

Greetz,
Edwin

2009/3/7 Farrukh Najmi <fa...@we...>

>
> You make all good points Aaron. The distributed VCS model encourages
> cloning of repos and syncing with clones for specific patches.
> Sorry for my false alarm and thanks for your valuable contribution.
>
> Aaron Novstrup wrote:
> > Hi Farrukh,
> >
> > I appreciate your candor, and hopefully I can clear up the
> > misunderstanding.  My intent was simply to create an hg clone of the
> > repository to allow members of the team to experiment with it if they
> > choose, not to create a parallel universe outside of SF.  The clone is
> > my own personal development repository and is clearly marked as such.
> > This is the CVS/SVN equivalent of making a public read-only copy of my
> > working directory.
> >
> > One of the advantages of distributed version control is that it is
> > easy to make clones of the repository (in fact, you make a new clone
> > whenever you check out a project) and to move the clones from place to
> > place.  If/when SF supports hg, if the team decides to use hg, it
> > would be easy to clone my repository to SF.  With slightly more
> > effort, of course, we could just create a new clone directly from the
> > CVS repository.  It took me less than half an hour to figure out how
> > to do the conversion and run it.
> >
> > I should probably also clarify that I don't have a strong opinion
> > about which VCS we use.  Both git and hg are excellent systems and
> > have major advantages over CVS/SVN, especially for open-source
> > projects.  I slightly favor hg for this project, mainly because it's a
> > cross-platform project and git may prevent Windows-users from
> > contributing.  Considering Edwin's major contributions to the project
> > thus far, I think that's a very real concern.
> >
> > I hope that my clone will help the team make an informed choice.  I
> > probably should have made all this clear in my previous email, and I
> > apologize for any confusion.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > ~Aaron
> >
> > Farrukh Najmi wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Aaron,
> >>
> >> Respectfully, I think creating another repo unilaterally is at best
> >> going to create confusion and at worst create issues for the team.
> >> For starters, I will assume that repo is not integrated with the SF
> >> authentication mechanism. Please lets not create a parrallel universe
> >> outside of the SF project.
> >>
> >> At the end of the day this VCS debate is not what the project is
> >> about. I for one would be happy with any VCS as long as it is hosted
> >> at sourceforge, integrated with SF identity management and is
> >> supported and backed up by SF. That choice presently is cvs, svn and
> >> git.
> >> As I said, SF willlikely have hg very soon. I am happy to wait for hg
> >> at SF and stay with CVS. I am also happy to move to git now. I am
> >> happy to move to svn if we do not plan to move again to hg or git. I
> >> am most unhappy moving out of SF.
> >>
> >> Just my 2 cents.
> >>
> >> Thanks and I hope you do not mind me speaking frankly and with
> >> complete respect for you.
> >>
> >> Aaron Novstrup wrote:
> >>> In case anyone's interested in toying with hg, I've created a clone
> >>> of the gwt-openlayers repository here:
> >>> http://bitbucket.org/anovstrup/gwt-openlayers/
> >>>
> >>> I didn't take the time to check how the conversion went, so let me
> >>> know if you notice any weirdness.
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Farrukh
>
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