From kde-core-devel  Fri Oct 08 20:28:05 2004
From: Tobias Koenig <tokoe () kde ! org>
Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2004 20:28:05 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: Moving to SubVersion
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On Fri, Oct 08, 2004 at 07:40:30PM +0000, Frans Englich wrote:
> On Friday 08 October 2004 19:19, Charles Samuels wrote:
Hi,

> Yes, there lies sense in that; I read somewhere(I can obviously not find =
the=20
> link now) a discussion of various version control systems and the conclus=
ion=20
> was nothing particular, but it clearly showed subversion isn't the obviou=
s=20
> choice. But one shouldn't go blind on technical features; aspects like us=
er=20
> base and market share makes a big difference too, especially in the long=
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> run(for example, who care about the "perfect" system when no one uses it).
We want to have a versioning system that is familiar to all developers,
and since svn has nearly the same commands like cvs, that's the perfect
solution for us.

> KDE switching version control system would be one of the biggest of its k=
ind,=20
> and have a large impact, so it's important it's done properly. The ones w=
ho=20
> is interested in the switch, should do a thorough investigation, collect=
=20
> references, our demands, disassemble every option to the bone -- from lic=
ense=20
> to barf capabilities -- and write a paper.
=2E.. and in 5 years we can start switching...

Hell, we are developer and we want a working system, not officialism...

How to migrate?

1) Disconnect cvs.kde.org for one hour
2) Make a copy of the cvs repository
3) Run csv2svn over the copy
4) Test the svn repository by checking it out and run a diff over
   the cvs and the svn checkout
5) Check if the branches were converted correctly (this might take the most=
 time)
6) Move the svn repository back to cvs.kde.org
7) Put svn.kde.org online

All good things count 7, so nothing can goes wrong.

Ciao,
Tobias
--=20
Separate politics from religion and economy!

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