Re: PostgreSQL Developer meeting minutes up

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Aidan Van Dyk <aidan(at)highrise(dot)ca>, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Markus Wanner <markus(at)bluegap(dot)ch>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL Developer meeting minutes up
Date: 2009-05-28 14:20:08
Message-ID: 4A1E9D98.7030208@dunslane.net
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Robert Haas wrote:
> On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Aidan Van Dyk <aidan(at)highrise(dot)ca> wrote:
>
>> All that based on the assumption that when the project switches to git,
>> they actually want all the CVS history in their official tree. Its
>> certainly not necessary, and possibly not even desirable... PostgreSQL
>> could just as easily to a "linus" style switch when they switch to git,
>> and just "import" the latest release in each branch as the starting
>> point for each branch. The git repository will have no history, and
>> people can choose which history they want to graft in... CVSROOT can be
>> made available as a historical download.
>>
>
> That would suck for me. I use git log a lot to see how things have
> changed over time.
>
>
>

Indeed. Losing the history is not an acceptable option.

cheers

andrew

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