From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 14 18:27:41 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1ADC716A418; Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:27:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from corecode@fs.ei.tum.de) Received: from stella.fs.ei.tum.de (stella.fs.ei.tum.de [IPv6:2001:4ca0:22ff:10::7]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E1C513C478; Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:27:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from corecode@fs.ei.tum.de) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.fs.ei.tum.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53DFD28111; Wed, 14 Nov 2007 19:27:39 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at fs.ei.tum.de Received: from stella.fs.ei.tum.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (stella.fs.ei.tum.de [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id pMhU5oQAlA8K; Wed, 14 Nov 2007 19:27:32 +0100 (CET) Received: from nslpc6.epfl.ch (nslpc6.epfl.ch [128.178.149.21]) (using SSLv3 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by stella.fs.ei.tum.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7DB0280A1; Wed, 14 Nov 2007 19:27:31 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <473B3E13.9040502@fs.ei.tum.de> Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 19:27:31 +0100 From: Simon 'corecode' Schubert User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071022) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: OutbackDingo References: <4734B397.4010905@elischer.org> <20071113194530.GA1281@kobe.laptop> <200711141748.08300.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <20071114141302.GE2177@kobe.laptop> <473B39B4.9040302@fs.ei.tum.de> <1195064181.1295.4.camel@z60m.optimlabs.com> In-Reply-To: <1195064181.1295.4.camel@z60m.optimlabs.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Giorgos Keramidas , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: questions on development(7) X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:27:41 -0000 OutbackDingo wrote: >> I suppose you know about fromcvs. I also guess you know that I suggest >> using git instead of hg. Doesn't produce nasty large index files either :) > So would you think cvs -> git -> hg might be easier to accomplish ?? > Since one of my goals is to update projects Ive done based on FreeBSD > that require OS level updating No, I think git is the better SCM, but that's a personal decision. Fromcvs converts to both hg and git, using the same algorithm. I'd appreciate any help fleshing out the last bugs (also re: scalability). I'm considering it beta grade quality, but I know of many people using it on a daily basis without problems. cheers simon