Re: bazaar mirror available

[Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko <phcoder@gmail.com>]

Robert Millan wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 04:40:06PM +0200, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote:
>   
>> What's preventing of using it as a main repository? This should allow
>> easy resync
>>     
>
> Historically, it's been very hard for us to reach consensus on which revision
> control system to use.  When we settled on SVN, it happened because we were
> all fed up with CVS, not because it completely satisfied everyone.  In fact,
> it was Bean who proposed it, even if he used GIT himself at the time!
>
> Other developers were unsatisfied with this decision, but chose not to object
> to it just so we could get rid of CVS.
>
> Since a very wide consensus was reached, and it was so hard to archieve it,
> I'm very reluctant to push for Bazaar as our trunk repository unless everyone
> agrees this is what we want.
>
> Personally, I prefer if we did this switch, but I also think SVN does a good
> job at managing a trunk.  I don't mind living with it for the time being.
>
> When I feel something is important, I don't hesitate to use my authority as
> maintainer, but in this case I don't consider it necessary.  That said, if
> I see consensus that we should switch to Bazaar as main repository, I won't
> be the one to stop it.
>
>   
Even though I'm git user and only bzr newbie, now when I started to
learn it I like it and am for its adoption as main repo

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Regards
Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
Personal git repository: http://repo.or.cz/w/grub2/phcoder.git