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* Bret Towe <magnade@×××××.com> [2005-12-21 23:16]: |
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> On 12/21/05, Donnie Berkholz <spyderous@g.o> wrote: |
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> > Donnie Berkholz wrote: |
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> > > I know some of you have done research on how gentoo-x86 converts over to |
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> > > other systems besides CVS such as SVN, arch, etc. But I can't find the |
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> > > info anywhere in my archives. |
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> > > |
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> > > Could whoever's got it, post it? |
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> > > |
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> > > I'm particularly interested in hearing about CVS, SVN, mercurial, |
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> > > bazaar, darcs. |
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> > |
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> > I've downloaded a copy of the gentoo-x86 repo and will run tests myself. |
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> > Please advise me as to exactly which tests you would like to see, beyond |
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> > whatever I feel like doing. |
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> |
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> might i also suggest testing out git along with the above listed? |
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> since i dont know git well enuf or what exactly are requirements of |
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> a gentoo dev ill just point to some documents |
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> tutorial can be found here: |
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> http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/tutorial.html |
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> and documention here: |
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> http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/ |
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I know that some people have big reservations on distributed SCMs, but |
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why not switch to a distributed format, and cherry pick from other |
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developer's (and users) repositories? |
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Git allows for pushing to a centralized server, so it still 'works' in |
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a similar sense of committing changes to CVS. |
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cg-branch-add gentoo-main git+ssh://user@someplace/ |
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cg-push gentoo-main |
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-Ryan |
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