From kde-core-devel Mon Apr 11 05:41:53 2005 From: Oswald Buddenhagen Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 05:41:53 +0000 To: kde-core-devel Subject: Re: SVN timing again Message-Id: <20050411054153.GA2035 () ugly ! local> X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-core-devel&m=111319812315718 On Sun, Apr 10, 2005 at 10:44:51PM +0100, Richard Moore wrote: > 1. We will reach a point where we can easily and sensibly branch so we > can begin doing stuff with Qt 4. > i don't see this being a real problem. if we switched now: qt4-unrelated: commit / create diffs for uncommited stuff ------- svn co kde qt4-unrelated: re-apply diffs cp -a kde kde4; cd kde4; svn switch (minimal bandwidth) start qt4 work, continue usual work if we switch later: cp -a kde kde4; cd kde4; cvs up -r (minimal bandwidth) start qt4 work commit rest / create diffs ------- svn co kde cp -a kde kde4; cd kde4; svn switch (some bandwidth) re-apply diffs continue work as you can see, the only real difference is for those who actually have uncommited stuff. but almost everybody has, not only those that work on the qt4 port. ok, it might be a few more than usually, but i don't expect it to be more than a dozen within the first weeks. my bottom line is, that the kde project won't have significant disadvantages from waiting two more weeks with the svn move. and the koffice people won't feel like second-class citizens because they don't get a delay while the desktop would have. ;) > 2. We no longer have to talk about moving to SVN! > that's a non-argument. -- Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature, please! -- Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done.