Re: selfupdate-git

On Jul 31, 2012, at 10:12 AM, Alexander Hansen <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 7/31/12 6:51 AM, Sjors Gielen wrote:
>> Op 31-07-12 15:22, Alexander Hansen schreef:
>>> We also need _written_ instructions and policies for maintainers, e.g.
>>> on the wiki.  People who don't use git currently may well find the
>>> learning curve formidable.
>> 
>> It's obvious that moving dists past CVS would be a good move for Fink. However, has anyone ever done a good analyis on SVN versus Git? For source code, Git is seen as the "next-gen" version control system and SVN is usually not even thought about anymore. However, this case is significantly different that I think it would be wise to make a rational decision between the two. (Even if Github supports SVN, we need to make a valid decision about Fink's new default VCS selfupdate.)
>> 
>> My thoughts pro Subversion:
>> * The learning curve of SVN is much smaller
>> * Since commits are linear, merge problems are easier to understand and solve
>> * Partial checkouts are easier (if at all possible with Git)
>> * The guide for Fink maintainers that are used to CVS, but not to SVN, would be easier
>> 
>> My thoughts pro Git:
>> * With its great branching support, experimental wouldn't be necessary anymore
>> * Local history
>> 
>> I think SVN wins for this purpose, as Git's features do not compensate for SVN's (for lack of a better word) robustness in the hands of less experienced maintainers. Your thoughts?
>> 
>> Sjors
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> Since github offers a svn<->git bridge, maintainers can in principle use
> that.
> 
> We talked about this two years ago when sourceforge said they were
> discontinuing CVS (and lost momentum when they backed off of that idea),
> and git edged svn out in those discussions.  Part of the discussion was
> colored by the fact that we were just coming off of a total CVS outage
> at sf.net, and the idea of using a distributed VCS where it is easier to
> mirror the distribution with different providers had a lot of traction.

The selfupdate-git code in my branch works fine when I test it with my fink-dists conversion, but the selfupdate-svn code has stopped working the last time I tried it. Github's git<->svn bridge itself seems to have broken in some way because I can no longer checkout fink-dists with svn at all. The svn process just hangs. :( 

Daniel


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