Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 10:05:41 -0400 From: Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: What replaces csup? Message-ID: <20120918100541.23f3196e@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <21e99057b51b3078055dc9f2626bd0bc@homey.local> References: <D97788AE24B7FFB0C79AA6FB@localhost> <k38bct$ang$1@ger.gmane.org> <780066C6E2FAB67A997876B7@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> <20567.50041.903201.979498@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1209172102400.26215@wonkity.com> <75ca1e92e2a51857615e193434898bf5@homey.local> <CAHu1Y70vLTQaGLQd_S65cyQe6RErgXJg2iy9VUDr9z6xXKwqyQ@mail.gmail.com> <20120918081624.173ea6e1@scorpio> <21e99057b51b3078055dc9f2626bd0bc@homey.local>
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On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:44:46 +0200 Stas Verberkt articulated: > We should not be forgetting that Git and Subversion represent two > different > workflows. The latter stands for a centralistic development cycle, > and the > former for a distributed manner. Thus, this type of choice does not > really > have to do with big or small steps and leading of following, but more > about > the production cycle you want to have. > If we were to use a Git-like system, the releng team would (probably) > be in > control on which patches are excepted from the pool of suggested > changesets > by the community of developers. This community would be more free in > the > manner in which they experiment, and there would be a less strong > differentiation between "committers" and other people suggesting > updates. On > the other hand, our current approach has a controlled group of > committers > and the releng team only has the additional power of setting the > schedule > and taking the snapshot that becomes the release. (Gravely > simplified.) It is a matter of taste. > > On a side note, using Git does mean that everyone has to download a > complete > repository. This makes using a csup-like architecture quite > "heavy-weight". I found the information at this URL <http://wiki.freebsd.org/GitConversion>; quite interesting, especially the numbers under the "Speed Comparisons" heading at the end. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________
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