[gentoo-dev] Git migration?

[gentoo-dev] Git migration?

[Andreas K. Huettel]

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Hello everyone, 

I and maybe also some other people would be interested in the status of the 
infamous "git migration" of the main portage tree... I am just curious, since 
I have not heard much lately- is anything happening there, are we talking 
about months, years or never for getting out of the vcs stone age? :)

I know that there is a tracker bug [1], but that one and its blockers have not 
seen much action lately (or ever). Also, browsing through the blockers, my 
personal impression is that at least several of them are actually 
enhancements, not really requirements...

Any news?

Cheers, 
Andreas

[1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=333531

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Andreas K. Huettel
Gentoo Linux developer 
dilfridge@gentoo.org
http://www.akhuettel.de/


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Re: [gentoo-dev] Git migration?

[Alec Warner]

ask on the gentoo-scm list?

-A

On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 2:12 PM, Andreas K. Huettel <dilfridge@gentoo.org> wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> I and maybe also some other people would be interested in the status of the
> infamous "git migration" of the main portage tree... I am just curious, since
> I have not heard much lately- is anything happening there, are we talking
> about months, years or never for getting out of the vcs stone age? :)
>
> I know that there is a tracker bug [1], but that one and its blockers have not
> seen much action lately (or ever). Also, browsing through the blockers, my
> personal impression is that at least several of them are actually
> enhancements, not really requirements...
>
> Any news?
>
> Cheers,
> Andreas
>
> [1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=333531
>
> --
>
> Andreas K. Huettel
> Gentoo Linux developer
> dilfridge@gentoo.org
> http://www.akhuettel.de/
>
>

Re: [gentoo-dev] Git migration?

[Andreas K. Huettel]

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Am Mittwoch 04 Mai 2011, 00:18:08 schrieb Alec Warner:
> ask on the gentoo-scm list?
> 
> -A

I'd say this is of enough general interest, and the relevant people are for sure also subscribed here... 

-A

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Andreas K. Huettel
Gentoo Linux developer - kde, sci, arm, tex
dilfridge@gentoo.org
http://www.akhuettel.de/

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Git migration?

[Matthew Summers]

On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Andreas K. Huettel <dilfridge@gentoo.org> wrote:
> Am Mittwoch 04 Mai 2011, 00:18:08 schrieb Alec Warner:
>> ask on the gentoo-scm list?
>>
>> -A
>
> I'd say this is of enough general interest, and the relevant people are for sure also subscribed here...
>
> -A
>
> --
> Andreas K. Huettel
> Gentoo Linux developer - kde, sci, arm, tex
> dilfridge@gentoo.org
> http://www.akhuettel.de/
>

Andreas,

While what you say is likely true, what occurs with your request is
fragmentation of the information. That said, I think the majority of
the information you seek is available in the gentoo-scm archives. From
what I know about this, I think the issue is time and the ancillary
utilities, like repoman, that will need to be updated. Beyond that
documentation is required.

See this thread for more info.
http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-scm/msg_98932c55ec10fcc5445ab950e62b12dc.xml

I know we are all pretty excited to migrate to git, but there is
little reason to rush something this monumental. It seems far better
to take the time to get it absolutely correct, technically (the best
kind), the first time.

I am certain, in any case, that your interest and involvement in this
effort would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Matthew

-- 
Matthew W. Summers
Gentoo Foundation Inc.