[ros-dev] Microsoft switched to Git

[David Quintana (gigaherz)]

The number doesn't matter. The ReactOS project can't afford to lost any
long-time members. Git would be a benefit for all of us, but it has to be a
benefit for ALL of us. SVN works well enough meanwhile, even if passing
patch files around is rather 1990s.

On 15 February 2017 at 11:30, Magnus Johnsson <magnusjjj at gmail.com> wrote:

> How many developers are we talking about here? :)
>
> 2017-02-15 11:19 GMT+01:00 Ged Murphy <gedmurphy.maillists at gmail.com>:
>
>> Yeah, I had a meeting about this last week at work. We’re slowly doing
>> the same, pushing all new projects to use tfs git, and give existing
>> projects using vsts the option to convert if they wish.
>>
>> Git is far better at managing developers working in remote locations, and
>> as most of the software industry has already moved towards devs working
>> remotely, it makes sense. There are very few big companies no longer using
>> a distributed system such as git or mercurial.
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>>
>> That fact that open source projects, which are inherently built on devs
>> being remote, are still reluctant to move from a centralized to a
>> distributed system seems archaic and self-detrimental. It’s a shame to hold
>> the project back because a few devs are unwilling to move forward.
>>
>>
>>
>> A distributed system can do everything a centralized system can do if you
>> decide to model it in that way, and so much more if you decide to model it
>> in other ways.
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>>
>> Ged.
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>> *From:* Ros-dev [mailto:ros-dev-bounces at reactos.org] *On Behalf Of *David
>> Quintana (gigaherz)
>> *Sent:* 15 February 2017 09:57
>> *To:* ReactOS Development List <ros-dev at reactos.org>
>> *Subject:* Re: [ros-dev] Microsoft switched to Git
>>
>>
>>
>> Unlike us, Microsoft probably doesn't care if a few of the developers
>> would rather quit than switch. ;P
>>
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>> On 15 February 2017 at 10:40, Colin Finck <colin at reactos.org> wrote:
>>
>> https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/bharry/2017/02/03/scaling-g
>> it-and-some-back-story/
>>
>> I didn't expect Microsoft to switch to Git sooner than us..
>>
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