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From: Greg KH <gregkh@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC] Some sync control
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 19:47:56
Message-Id: 20070117193224.GB26099@kroah.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC] Some sync control by Donnie Berkholz
1 On Tue, Jan 16, 2007 at 05:36:34PM -0800, Donnie Berkholz wrote:
2 > The conversion to GIT from CVS was also lengthy (approximately two
3 > weeks) althought many projects attempted a switch this summer and
4 > tools have improved in speed.
5
6 Yes, the speed has increased a _lot_ now. In fact yesterday someone
7 tweaked the tools even more and has reduced the time it takes to import
8 the entirety of the glibc cvs tree into git to a mere 45 minutes (with
9 all branches). So this isn't really an issue anymore either.
10
11 > Note: Both history and repository slicing are in the works for GIT,
12 > but there is no date of completion for them.
13
14 Is there ever a "completion date" for opensource projects :)
15
16 thanks,
17
18 greg k-h
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