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From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: cvsps, parsecvs, svn2git and the CVS exporter mess
Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2013 14:57:40 -0800
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Cc: Max Horn <postbox@quendi.de>,
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Eric S. Raymond wrote:

> Michael Haggerty wants me to trust that cvs2git's analysis stage has
> been fixed, but I must say that is a more difficult leap of faith when
> two of the most visible things about it are still (a) a conspicuous
> instance of interface misdesign, and (b) documentation that is careless and
> incomplete.

For what it's worth, I use cvs2git quite often.  I've found it to work
well and its code to be clear and its developers responsive.  But I
don't mind if we disagree, and multiple implementations to explore the
design space of importers doesn't seem like a terrible outcome.

Thanks for your work,
Jonathan