Re: conversion to git

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Wed, 19 Sep 2007, Eric Blake wrote:

> Eric Blake <ebb9 <at> byu.net> writes:
>
> > I'm hoping to convert the Autoconf repository to git (while still providing a
> > CVS read-only mirror)
>
> The initial git import is complete.  Feel free to check it out:
>
> http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=autoconf.git

What is the purpose of converting to git?  Is this a political 
statement (e.g. "Linux GNU" vs "GNU Linux") or is there a concrete 
purpose?  What is the cost vs benefit of the conversion?  Who 
participated in the decision to make this conversion?

Bob
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