Re: SVN migration (Was: Donation of JAXP 1.3 Sources to Apache)

Neil Graham wrote:
> David Crossley wrote:
> > 
> > I was not intending that the two get tangled.
> > Either do the move before or after.
> > 
> > Just that when "legal delays" were mentioned,
> > i thought that there would be plenty of time.
> 
> Can we be optimistic and hope not?  :)

Okay then, just this once :-)

> > Afterwards is fine by me. I was responding to the
> > [email protected] request to consider moving soon.
> 
> Guess this was only sent to folks subscribed to infrastructure@; I haven't 
> seen it on any list I'm subscribed to anyway. ...

Not only infrastructure, here too. There were a couple of
mentions earlier in the initial thread. Here is one:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=xml-commons-dev&m=109775743126537

I agree with your sentiment though - infra@ should
announce more widely the general desire to move to SVN.

> ... Good to know that they 
> consider this set-up stable now; but if they really want to encourage 
> projects to migrate, perhaps it might not be a bad idea to (a) let them 
> know directly and (b) sell them on how worthwhile the pain will be.  I'm 
> sure the pain's worthwhile from my perspective; I'd just rather wait until 
> we're sure we're in a period of calm than embark on something now only to 
> discover next week that things will get complicated.

We definitely do not want to risk holding up the
JAXP update.

--David

> > Apache Forrest was one of the early ones to move.
> > The transition was a breeze and we love it now.
> 
> Cool! 
> 
> Cheers!
> Neil
> Neil Graham
> Manager, XML Parser Development
> IBM Toronto Lab
> Phone:  905-413-3519, T/L 969-3519
> E-mail:  [email protected]