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Re: Mozilla, git and Windows

From
Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 27, 2006, 16:13 UTC
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On 11/27/06, Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org> wrote:
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> Jon Smirl wrote:
> > In the other thread we are discussing the conversion of Mozilla CVS to
> > git format. This is something that has to be done but it is not the
> > only issue. Without a native Windows port they won't even consider
> > using git. There is also the risk that the features needed by Mozilla
> > will be completed after they choose to use a different SCM.
> >
> > Even if we implement all of the needed features git still needs to win
> > the competition against the other possible choices. The last I heard
> > the leading candiate is SVN/SVK.
>
> Do we need to worry too much about taking over the world in one day?
> Yes of course git is _the_ superior solution etc, but too many new users
> at once is always painful.
>
> I think you are more likely to win letting them convert over to SVN.
> From there people naturally start using git mirrors from the SVN trunk.
>  Cirtainly I have two projects which do not use git, one in CVS and one
> in SVN.  I just svnimport that and work in git.  I am confident with
> time the project will migrate, but I am happy other git users are happy
> all without it being the tool of choice.

The SVN version of the Mozilla repository is about 3GB. It takes around a week of CPU time for svnimport to process it.

-- 
Jon Smirl
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  5. Petr BaudisNov 27, 2006
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