On 11/27/06, Andy Whitcroft <apw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Jon Smirl wrote: > In the other thread we are discussing the conversion of Mozilla CVS to > git format. This is something that has to be done but it is not the > only issue. Without a native Windows port they won't even consider > using git. There is also the risk that the features needed by Mozilla > will be completed after they choose to use a different SCM. > > Even if we implement all of the needed features git still needs to win > the competition against the other possible choices. The last I heard > the leading candiate is SVN/SVK. Do we need to worry too much about taking over the world in one day? Yes of course git is _the_ superior solution etc, but too many new users at once is always painful. I think you are more likely to win letting them convert over to SVN. From there people naturally start using git mirrors from the SVN trunk. Cirtainly I have two projects which do not use git, one in CVS and one in SVN. I just svnimport that and work in git. I am confident with time the project will migrate, but I am happy other git users are happy all without it being the tool of choice.
The SVN version of the Mozilla repository is about 3GB. It takes around a week of CPU time for svnimport to process it. -- Jon Smirl jonsmirl@xxxxxxxxx - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html