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Date:      Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:02:17 -0700
From:      Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        David Romano <unobe@cpan.org>
Cc:        doceng@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-doc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Conversion to SVN
Message-ID:  <4E8F84F9.2050301@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <4E8F54BB.4000206@cpan.org>
References:  <20111007141312.GJ26743@acme.spoerlein.net> <4E8F54BB.4000206@cpan.org>

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On 10/07/2011 12:36, David Romano wrote:
> I'm a new kid on the block but I'm curious why git is being overlooked
> for the new repository.

In no particular order:

* We now have fairly substantial experience with svn for src/, and while
it's not perfect, it has met our needs fairly well.

* The FreeBSD development model is really focused on a "central"
repository. While you can emulate that in git, you can't recreate it
feature-for-feature (or bug-for-bug for that matter).

* git lacks features that we like to have, such as sequential versioning
and RCS-style $Id tags.

* Several git experts are already working on git hubs for src/ so that
the people who work well with git will have the ability to do that.

I think it's probably safe at this point to assume that the choice to
stick with svn is a done deal.


Doug

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