From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [216.32.181.16] (helo=outbound6-wa4-R.bigfish.com) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1JZ7Td-0002Eo-40 for openembedded-devel@openembedded.org; Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:37:53 +0100 Received: from outbound6-wa4.bigfish.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by outbound6-wa4-R.bigfish.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 510AD1869B07; Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:35:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail167-wa4-R.bigfish.com (si1-wa4 [10.8.14.5]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by outbound6-wa4.bigfish.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E80F168079; Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:35:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail167-wa4 (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail167-wa4-R.bigfish.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id F29D56808F1; Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:14:33 +0000 (UTC) X-BigFish: VP X-MS-Exchange-Organization-Antispam-Report: OrigIP: 160.33.66.75;Service: EHS Received: by mail167-wa4 (MessageSwitch) id 1205252071232443_17890; Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:14:31 +0000 (UCT) Received: from mail8.fw-sd.sony.com (mail8.fw-sd.sony.com [160.33.66.75]) by mail167-wa4.bigfish.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B0BB62810C; Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:14:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail3.sjc.in.sel.sony.com (mail3.sjc.in.sel.sony.com [43.134.1.211]) by mail8.fw-sd.sony.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id m2BGEUfF028545; Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:14:30 GMT Received: from USSDIXIM01.am.sony.com (ussdixim01.am.sony.com [43.130.140.33]) by mail3.sjc.in.sel.sony.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id m2BGETg9011902; Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:14:29 GMT Received: from ussdixms03.am.sony.com ([43.130.140.23]) by USSDIXIM01.am.sony.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:14:25 -0700 Received: from timdesk.am.sony.com ([43.135.148.222]) by ussdixms03.am.sony.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:14:19 -0700 Message-ID: <47D6AF65.1020007@am.sony.com> Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:12:21 -0700 From: Tim Bird User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070926) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org References: <200803110807.11368.zecke@selfish.org> <200803111126.04715.openembedded@haerwu.biz> <1205233201.4521.30.camel@dax.rpnet.com> <20080311143030.68d6341b@widy.localdomain> <1205239153.4521.53.camel@dax.rpnet.com> <20080311150320.7c31b2f6@widy.localdomain> <1205243052.4521.82.camel@dax.rpnet.com> In-Reply-To: <1205243052.4521.82.camel@dax.rpnet.com> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 11 Mar 2008 16:14:19.0936 (UTC) FILETIME=[F6379200:01C88392] X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 216.32.181.16 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: Timothy.Bird@am.sony.com X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on serenity X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RDNS_NONE autolearn=unavailable version=3.2.3 X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2.1 (built Tue, 21 Aug 2007 23:39:36 +0000) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on linuxtogo.org) Cc: openembedded-devel Subject: Re: Reconsidering the work flow and how the SCM system fits in X-BeenThere: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org List-Id: Using the OpenEmbedded metadata to build Distributions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:37:59 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Richard Purdie wrote: > On Tue, 2008-03-11 at 15:03 +0200, Paul Sokolovsky wrote: >> It's nice to have that said explicit - different. Supposedly it's more >> powerful for developers, but how good it is for end users? How many >> industry entities select git as their in-house SCM? I doubt that too >> many, knowing too well that many still select just CVS. > Regarding industrial entities, hopefully we call agree CVS is a pretty > bad SCM and that proves said industrial entities don't know what they're > doing, usually since it often it comes down to politics rather than > technical merit. I know of a few surprising companies using git FWIW > although I know of a few abominations in use too. Just a data point... Sony uses git as its in-house SCM for Linux-related work. We also use quilt. > Also, I think more end users coming fresh to OE will know how to do this > with git in the current climate than with monotone, hg or any other > distributed SCM. I would agree with this. monotone is a big reason I'm still an observer of OE rather than an active participant. As such, I shouldn't really have a vote. But if I did it would be for git, purely for personal economy of training. -- Tim ============================= Tim Bird Architecture Group Chair, CE Linux Forum Senior Staff Engineer, Sony Corporation of America =============================