From kde-core-devel  Wed Jul 11 15:59:43 2007
From: "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo () kde ! org>
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:59:43 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: KDE development with git
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On Wednesday 11 July 2007, Paolo Capriotti wrote:
> Git encourages a development model where many branches are created,

as great as git has become, i think it would be unfortunate to fragment kde=
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development along multiple VCs like this. it will raise the barrier to entr=
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for those wanting to get involved with our various projects.

when we switched to svn, cvs was a massive pain point and git (or the other=
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distributed vcs options) just wasn't "there" yet as viable options, imho. i=
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we were doing it again today perhaps we'd actually consider switching to gi=
t.

i think in a few years time we will need to make a switch to such a system =
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help accommodate development in areas where network isn't readily available=
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in the way that svn requires. until then ....

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Aaron J. Seigo
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