Re: [xine-devel] Possible conversion to GIT: experiment results

[James Courtier-D. <Ja...@su...>]

Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò wrote:
> So, I've tried myself to do a conversion of xine's cvs to git, at least to 
> try. The conversion took about 1.5 hours, and completed without big problems, 
> the tags are found, too. I didn't set the names/email addresses corresponding 
> to the users, but that's almost easy to do, just need to collect them.
> The result is a 30MB repository and a 58 MB empty checkout.
>
> I think I can look for hosting if this way is pursued. I'd actually like it, 
> because it's easier to push the branches in a single repository, rather than 
> breaking it up in different servers like a totally distributed environment.
>
>   
I don't think git is the best solution for us. The aims of git are 
different from our aims.
Git aims to let someone cherry pick which patches to include in their 
own repository from other people, with everyone able to use their own 
private repositories easily.
We have no such need for xine.
Or need is to consider and apply patches to a central repository.
I suggest we go to either SVN or mecurial(HG).
I have found HG good, but SVN is probably easier to move to because 
SF.net already support it.

James