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Re: [TCLCORE] Expect git conversion - fossil hosting?
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From: Nils C. <nil...@lu...> - 2017-11-20 20:21:02
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Hi, That's a bit worrying to say the least. I didn't realize that fossil had such an immature import-export. If we choose to stay with github, are there any downsides besides a small split? It would definitely simplify setting up some continuous integration and so on as well. Cheers, Nils On 11/16/2017 12:12 PM, Dipl. Ing. Sergey G. Brester via Tcl-Core wrote: > > Yep, totally agree with this statement. > > Rebase *of the whole tree* is absolutely no go. And as long as people > working an fossil > resp. "fossil export" functionality does not understand this point, > IMHO fossil stays as > second choice for me as SCM. > > Despite all other errors that I already experienced with fossil. > > Regards, > sebres > > Am 16.11.2017 12:37, schrieb Koen Danckaert: > >> The problem with the git mirrors is that they are completely rebased every few months. >> For example, if I do [git fetch] and [git status] in my current tk repository, I get: >> >> On branch master >> Your branch and 'origin/master' have diverged, >> and have 3168 and 3508 different commits each, respectively. >> >> Another example is that all branches were recently renamed, replacing underscores by dashes. >> In the git mirror of tk, all branches are now present twice, e.g.: >> >> remotes/origin/core_8_6_branch >> remotes/origin/core-8-6-branch >> >> Regards, >> Koen >>> -----Original Message----- From: Nils Carlson >>> [mailto:nil...@lu... <mailto:nil...@lu...>] >>> Sent: Thursday, 16 November 2017 09:42 To: >>> tcl...@li... >>> <mailto:tcl...@li...> Subject: Re: [TCLCORE] >>> Expect git conversion - fossil hosting? On 11/16/2017 04:51 AM, >>> apnmbx-public--- via Tcl-Core wrote: >>>> As a Windows weenie, I don't use expect and have no skin in the game. >>> That >>>> won't stop me from chiming in with my 2 cents. I believe Expect is >>>> one of, if not the most, widely used and visible Tcl extensions. A >>>> forkable repository on github as opposed to core.tcl.tk, >>> would >>>> make it far more likely that other users will contribute fixes and >>>> enhancements. A one way mirror from core to github does not facilitate >>> that. I think this is a valid concern, but a mirror doesn't stop >>> pull requests, does it? One could subvert these into patches quite >>> easily as long as the volume is reasonable. /Nils >>>> /Ashok >>>>> -----Original Message----- From: Andreas Kupries >>>>> [mailto:aku...@sh... <mailto:aku...@sh...>] On the >>>>> question of core/fossil vs git/hub My personal preference is >>>>> core/fossil. I should note that this does not prevent us from >>>>> mirroring to git/hub. We do this already for a number of repos on >>>>> core. 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