From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.176.0/21 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 From: Andy Whitcroft Subject: Re: Mozilla, git and Windows Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 15:34:22 +0000 Message-ID: <456B057E.4000904@shadowen.org> References: <9e4733910611270728p36e58e08w6cc7a2989b7843ce@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 15:35:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Git Mailing List Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20060927) In-Reply-To: <9e4733910611270728p36e58e08w6cc7a2989b7843ce@mail.gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 OpenPGP: url=http://www.shadowen.org/~apw/public-key Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GoiV2-0008R2-Qz for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Mon, 27 Nov 2006 16:34:29 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758292AbWK0Pe0 (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Nov 2006 10:34:26 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1758294AbWK0PeZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Nov 2006 10:34:25 -0500 Received: from hellhawk.shadowen.org ([80.68.90.175]:19209 "EHLO hellhawk.shadowen.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758292AbWK0PeZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Nov 2006 10:34:25 -0500 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]) by hellhawk.shadowen.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1GoiUF-0001Wb-L3; Mon, 27 Nov 2006 15:33:39 +0000 To: Jon Smirl Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Jon Smirl wrote: > In the other thread we are discussing the conversion of Mozilla CVS to > git format. This is something that has to be done but it is not the > only issue. Without a native Windows port they won't even consider > using git. There is also the risk that the features needed by Mozilla > will be completed after they choose to use a different SCM. > > Even if we implement all of the needed features git still needs to win > the competition against the other possible choices. The last I heard > the leading candiate is SVN/SVK. Do we need to worry too much about taking over the world in one day? Yes of course git is _the_ superior solution etc, but too many new users at once is always painful. I think you are more likely to win letting them convert over to SVN. >From there people naturally start using git mirrors from the SVN trunk. Cirtainly I have two projects which do not use git, one in CVS and one in SVN. I just svnimport that and work in git. I am confident with time the project will migrate, but I am happy other git users are happy all without it being the tool of choice. -apw