Re: [gentoo-dev] Celebration subthread: Re: Git Migration: launch plan & schedule (2015/Aug/08-09)

[Jauhien Piatlicki]

That's really really great. Thanks to all who contrinuted.

On 07/03/2015 09:02 AM, Duncan wrote:
> [Let this be the celebratory subthread, so people can post if they feel
> the need, but others can safely skip if they so desire...]
>
> NP-Hardass posted on Thu, 02 Jul 2015 17:42:46 -0400 as excerpted:
> [Reordered to quote/reply order.]
>
>> On July 2, 2015 5:39:52 PM EDT, "Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@g.o>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> The Git migration is moving forward, and I'd like to announce a
>>> tentative schedule for that end.
>>>
>>> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Infrastructure/Git_migration#Status
>>>
>>> 2015/08/08 15:00 UTC - Freeze
>>> 2015/08/08 19:00 UTC - Git commits open for developers
>>> 2015/08/09 01:00 UTC - Rsync live again (with lagged changelog)
>>> 2015/08/11           - History repo available to graft
>>> 2015/08/12           - rsync mirrors carry up-to-date changelogs again
>>>
>> Three cheers!
>>
>> Glad to see it happening. Thank you to everyone who helped to make this
>> happen.
>
> I doubt I'm the only one who assigned a well under 50% chance of actually
> seeing it happen, believing gentoo was ultimately destined to become a
> Linux historical footnote due to failure to switch to git!  I've been on
> gentoo over a decade, now, and stuck on CVS, I honestly didn't know if
> it'd last another.
>
> Obviously, I'm VERY glad to see the git switch actually scheduled! =:^)
>
> Thanks... just isn't a sufficient word to convey my gratitude to all the
> folks that have been working on this.  Seriously.  This switch to git
> puts you up with the gentoo greats such as DRobbins, in my book.  Because
> without it, let's face it, gentoo /was/ slipping ever so slowly into
> history, and this really does, I believe, give us a chance to turn that
> around.
>