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Re: Moving to bzr?
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: Moving to bzr? |
Date: |
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:41:12 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) |
> I can reproduce the git repository pretty much at will. I have a
> "gently" modified bzr fastimport branch that will happily convert it.
> It takes several hours on the hardware that I do the conversion on, but
> it works well enough.
Great. So we have a good enough repository now?
> The problem is the conversion is presently a one time only affair.
> I don't have a way to keep the newly created repository in synch with
> CVS. If Bazaar were to become the master repository, then the switch
> could be made.
Yes, indeed, keeping the repository up to date may not be necessary.
>> I.e. we're just waiting for a good Bzr repository with complete tag
>> data, and with as much merge history as we can get,
> You mentioned before that we also need a replacement for the arch-based
> merging tools that are currently used to keep Gnus in synch.
Right, we'd want something for that indeed. It doesn't need to be done
at the same time, but it'd be much better if we had some plan for how to
do it.
> I also think that it might be a good idea to wait for some of the
> current repository format changes to land. The new format in 1.9 is a
> definite improvement, but I think that it would be wise to at least wait
> until one of the rich-root variants becomes the default format.
Based on the last discussion around rich-root becoming the default, I'd
say "don't hold your breath".
Stefan
- Re: Moving to bzr?, (continued)
- Re: Moving to bzr?, Karl Fogel, 2009/01/06
- Re: Moving to bzr?, Juanma Barranquero, 2009/01/06
- Re: Moving to bzr?, Stefan Monnier, 2009/01/06
- Re: Moving to bzr?, Karl Fogel, 2009/01/06
- Re: Moving to bzr?, Juanma Barranquero, 2009/01/07
- Re: Moving to bzr?, Stefan Monnier, 2009/01/07
- Re: Moving to bzr?, Juanma Barranquero, 2009/01/07
- Re: Moving to bzr?, Juanma Barranquero, 2009/01/07
- Re: Moving to bzr?, Stefan Monnier, 2009/01/06
- Re: Moving to bzr?, Juanma Barranquero, 2009/01/06
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- Re: Moving to bzr?, Stefan Monnier, 2009/01/08
- bzr repository ready? (was: Moving to bzr?), Karl Fogel, 2009/01/18
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- Re: bzr repository ready?, Karl Fogel, 2009/01/21
- Re: bzr repository ready?, Andreas Schwab, 2009/01/21
- Re: bzr repository ready?, Karl Fogel, 2009/01/22
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- Re: bzr repository ready?, Karl Fogel, 2009/01/22
- Re: bzr repository ready?, dhruva, 2009/01/22
- Re: bzr repository ready?, Stefan Monnier, 2009/01/22
- Re: bzr repository ready?, Karl Fogel, 2009/01/23
- Re: bzr repository ready?, dhruva, 2009/01/23