From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Michael Barr Subject: Re: [linux.conf.au] VCS Interoperability Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:39:07 +1100 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Junio C Hamano , Jonathan Nieder , Dmitry Ivankov To: Ramkumar Ramachandra X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sun Jan 22 04:39:18 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RooGy-0000MQ-Qn for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Sun, 22 Jan 2012 04:39:17 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751896Ab2AVDjK convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:39:10 -0500 Received: from mail-gx0-f174.google.com ([209.85.161.174]:44637 "EHLO mail-gx0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751783Ab2AVDjJ convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:39:09 -0500 Received: by ggnb1 with SMTP id b1so923031ggn.19 for ; Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:39:08 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:x-system-of-record:x-gm-message-state:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=Uz5lcSBFKFHbsC/zBhYP0sNlWZPfG9xnlJ6e2RrPJJ4=; b=v3+Hd61Hv/7Mqa8PG8Rup0H6HbpcXtKrAl3n97S+QW4rCytgtKt9VBE/CnedBiAtcn x2UzrxSgMYuOP3cgitARVCatp/HVjA51RYjrkWYZQtUYJGdINbvUH4cjk1FyajXDYj83 7d/rfpaxD+3qvwUpk4W6+QkRgE2zmMlcSC4I4= Received: by 10.236.124.206 with SMTP id x54mr4931389yhh.112.1327203548074; Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:39:08 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.236.124.206 with SMTP id x54mr4931376yhh.112.1327203547947; Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:39:07 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.101.144.22 with HTTP; Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:39:07 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: X-System-Of-Record: true X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnIYbOZlKCsB58rjTWIOnGSD9SUSPoZikzUIyYQGSrAVX3WgS7jUurSehnmJUMLTqTpULKD+4TJd0FUM4WYNmMt+dAF6TJMWeNDkxX9gqDiTD3Ir/o8k2L2U0jNffg9hPtwxrLpbo10+ptjRK8VxlotTizk/g== Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Hi all, >> Next week, I'll be presenting =A0a summary of the past 2 years work >> on improving svn interoperability for git. >> I'm requesting feedback from anyone who cares with regard to >> what they'd like to hear about. > > Nice. =A0As a lay person attending the conference, here are a few thi= ngs > I think I'd like to hear: > - Why this project is so challenging compared to say, a git-hg bridge > or a git-darcs bridge. =A0What makes Subversion especially hard to de= al > with? > - What is the biggest motivation for developing the svnrdump/ svnrloa= d > combination? =A0Are there any other usecases for the tools? > - How has this project contributed to the development of the > fast-import infrastructure? =A0Can these changes be used to improve > other/ future remote helpers? > - You've spoken about exporting Subversion history to Git so far, but > what about the reverse? =A0Which parts of the picture are still missi= ng? Thank you for the feedback, it helped a lot with picking a trajectory. Video is now available: http://youtu.be/0hVuv-wv4Dw Slides: http://barrbrain.github.com/vcs-interoperability.html It was my first conference presentation so the usual caveats apply. I was fortunate to have a small but interested audience. I look forward to constructive criticism so that I can better represent our community to the folk Down Under. -- David Barr