[petsc-dev] [mpich-discuss] MPICH migration to git

[Barry Smith]

  Yes but given their absolutely horrible decision to stick with SVN all these years I cannot trust their decision to go with GIT. Sadly this is a very big argument for NOT switching PETSc to GIT. This email is only partly in jest, it has a serious component as well: is the "everyone's switching to git" just a case of the sheeple following the latest new thing without a proper technical evaluation or is it a carefully thought out decision?

   Barry

On Jan 8, 2013, at 6:38 PM, Jed Brown <jedbrown at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:

> Everyone's doing it. ;-)
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Dave Goodell <goodell at mcs.anl.gov>
> Date: Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 6:23 PM
> Subject: [mpich-discuss] MPICH migration to git
> To: discuss at mpich.org
> 
> 
> MPICH users & developers,
> 
> The MPICH project has transitioned from using SVN as our version control system (VCS) to using git instead.  Details of the switch are described here:
> 
> http://wiki.mpich.org/mpich/index.php/Git
> 
> Highlights from the document and the transition:
> 
> * Read-only git clones are available at http://git.mpich.org/mpich.git and git://git.mpich.org/mpich.git
> * All critical history from SVN has been imported into the git history.
> * The SVN server and its associated history are not going away, although it has been made read-only.
> 
> We continue to work through our documentation and automated processes (cron jobs, etc.) to update them to the new system.  Our trac instance will transition to understand the new VCS soon, although it currently displays only historical SVN data.
> 
> Please bear with us as we work through this transition period.  If you have trouble with the new setup, please contact devel at mpich.org or discuss at mpich.org for assistance.
> 
> Regards,
> The MPICH Team
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