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List:       lyx-devel
Subject:    Re: Interest in using git with lyx svn
From:       Abdelrazak Younes <younes () lyx ! org>
Date:       2009-03-06 14:05:30
Message-ID: 49B12DAA.3030700 () lyx ! org
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Bo Peng wrote:
>> Not quite true. In a git world, a bug fixing would _always_ happen in a
>> specific branch and be merged to the main repo when it's done;
>>     
>
> This is not that useful if we keep the one developer - one feature
> developing model. Right now, when you work on a feature, all others
> are forced to check it out and test for you. If you use git, your
> feature is unlikely to be well tested (if no one else check out your
> branch) before merge and bigger merges just increase the chance of
> conflict and decrease early review.
>
> IMHO, we do not have enough manpower to use the git model.
>   

Well, we are not _forced_ to use only one merging per feature, this can 
be split into logical steps (at the intiative of the developer). But 
this is the first good argument I hear indeed.

Abdel

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