{"thread":{"id":"3729","subject":"git-svn name","startedAt":"2006-03-26T03:04:25Z","lastAt":"2006-03-27T17:48:24Z","messageCount":3,"participants":["Eric Wong","Petr Baudis","Chris Wright"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"17974","messageId":"20060326030425.GA6306@hand.yhbt.net","threadId":"3729","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"git-svn name","fromName":"Eric Wong","fromEmail":"normalperson@yhbt.net","sentAt":"2006-03-26T03:04:25Z","receivedAt":"2006-03-26T03:04:25Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"e@80x24.org","avatar":null},"body":"I told somebody about my 'git-svn' program, and of course they asked\nwhere they could read about it.   Since I don't have a website for it,\nI Googled for 'git-svn' in hopes that it'd lead me to\ncontrib/git-svn/git-svn.txt on gitweb.\n\nTo my surprise, I found that git-svn was already packaged for several\nmajor distributions.  Of course, it turns out that those binary packages\nare actually of git-svnimport.  Oops, maybe I should've checked before\nnaming my own creation git-svn :x\n\nOf course, I still think git-svn is a good name because it describes\nwhat the program does in as little text as possible.  If anybody has any\nsuggestions that don't require too much typing while keeping the name\nmeaningful, feel free to suggest them.\n\nWould distro package maintainers also be willing to add my git-svn\nscript to their git-svn binary packages when a new release of git is\nmade, too?  It's quite different from git-svnimport (see\ncontrib/git-svn/git-svn.txt for details).\n\n-- \nEric Wong\n"},{"id":"17983","messageId":"20060326101046.GE18185@pasky.or.cz","threadId":"3729","inReplyTo":"20060326030425.GA6306@hand.yhbt.net","subject":"Re: git-svn name","fromName":"Petr Baudis","fromEmail":"pasky@suse.cz","sentAt":"2006-03-26T10:10:46Z","receivedAt":"2006-03-26T10:10:46Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"pasky@ucw.cz","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/18439?v=4"},"body":"Dear diary, on Sun, Mar 26, 2006 at 05:04:25AM CEST, I got a letter\nwhere Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net> said that...\n> Would distro package maintainers also be willing to add my git-svn\n> script to their git-svn binary packages when a new release of git is\n> made, too?  It's quite different from git-svnimport (see\n> contrib/git-svn/git-svn.txt for details).\n\nI think the primary purpose of the packages separation are dependencies\n- not to make the git package depend on svn and such. So I guess the\npackagers won't have a problem adding your script to the git-svn package\n(concerning SuSE, I won't at least).\n\n-- \n\t\t\t\tPetr \"Pasky\" Baudis\nStuff: http://pasky.or.cz/\nRight now I am having amnesia and deja-vu at the same time.  I think\nI have forgotten this before.\n"},{"id":"18036","messageId":"20060327174824.GT15997@sorel.sous-sol.org","threadId":"3729","inReplyTo":"20060326030425.GA6306@hand.yhbt.net","subject":"Re: git-svn name","fromName":"Chris Wright","fromEmail":"chrisw@redhat.com","sentAt":"2006-03-27T17:48:24Z","receivedAt":"2006-03-27T17:48:24Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"chrisw@redhat.com","avatar":null},"body":"* Eric Wong (normalperson@yhbt.net) wrote:\n> Would distro package maintainers also be willing to add my git-svn\n> script to their git-svn binary packages when a new release of git is\n> made, too?  It's quite different from git-svnimport (see\n> contrib/git-svn/git-svn.txt for details).\n\nI think your script name is fine.  Best way to handle this is with a\npatch to make your git-svn part of the git-svn packaging.\n\nthanks,\n-chris\n"}]}