[ros-dev] Microsoft switched to Git

[David Quintana (gigaherz)]

I meant to add, I don't know if their opinion has softened with regards to
Git, since that discusion.

On 15 February 2017 at 11:47, David Quintana (gigaherz) <gigaherz at gmail.com>
wrote:

> There was a talk last year, about the possibility of switching. At least
> one long-time member said if we fully switched, they'd leave the project in
> bad terms.
>
> On 15 February 2017 at 11:41, Magnus Johnsson <magnusjjj at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Sure, but, do you know that its a fact? Has anyone checked recently? We
>> are talking vehemently against it here, right, not 'minor annoyance'?
>> Not calling anyone out here, would just love to hear some input on what
>> they want from the repository system. No pooflinging, promise.
>>
>> 2017-02-15 11:35 GMT+01:00 David Quintana (gigaherz) <gigaherz at gmail.com>
>> :
>>
>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Ged.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *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
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 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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