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From: Brian Dolbec <dolsen@g.o>
To: gentoo-scm@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-scm] Council / Git Migration Agenda
Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2014 15:59:05
Message-Id: 20141004085836.40baecdf.dolsen@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-scm] Council / Git Migration Agenda by "Rémi Cardona"
1 On Sat, 04 Oct 2014 11:02:30 +0200
2 Rémi Cardona <remi@g.o> wrote:
3
4 > Le 04/10/2014 02:00, Rich Freeman a écrit :
5 > > Rationale:
6 > […]
7 > 6. We've been (collectively) working with CVS history for more than a
8 > decade now and that hasn't been a major issue (AFAICT). Maybe a
9 > hindrance at times, but hardly more than that.
10 >
11 > In fact, is there a compelling reason to convert history to git? Can't
12 > it just stay as a read-only CVS repo with webcvs? Or are we doing the
13 > conversion for infra purposes (ie, stop the CVS service/maintenance
14 > altogether)?
15 >
16 > In any case, +1 for handling history separately, I know I won't mind
17 > having to look elsewhere if I need it.
18 >
19 > Cheers,
20 >
21 > Rémi
22 >
23
24
25 Yes, Infra is looking to consolidate resource usage and simplify.
26 Also for setting up resource mirrors for everything git. That will
27 reduce the chance of a server outage taking down operations as there
28 will still be another available. With sponsors and equipment changing,
29 it will hopefully help reduce the maintenance load for the infra team as
30 well.
31
32 --
33 Brian Dolbec <dolsen>