From: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Git migration timeline |
Date: | 2010-08-16 14:15:21 |
Message-ID: | AANLkTinQ3MiOYDc1QJVEH+8CP6+t53tDGu5EGgRnTrST@mail.gmail.com |
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On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> 1. Tuesday evening, around 19:00 central european time, which is 17:00
>> GMT or 12:00 EST, I will freeze the current cvs repository. I will do
>> this by disabling committer login on that box, so please note that
>> this will also make it impossible for committers to do a "cvs update"
>> from the authenticated repository.
>
> That's not really going to do, especially since it will also lock out
> "cvs log". I certainly want to do a final update and cvs2cl after the
> last commits have happened, and I imagine other people will want that
> too. If there were a way to make the repository read-only that would be
> nice, but I think what we're going to need to settle for is relying on
> the committers to not do any more commits after the specified time.
>
> I can see the point of wanting to be dead certain the repository isn't
> changing under you during the data migration. Perhaps we need an agreed
> window between last call for commits and the actual lock-out.
I would feel a lot more comfortable if the CVS repository was locked
down before we start running the migration. Any accidental commits
would be a nuisance. However, giving a window between last call for
commits and actual lock-out seems reasonable.
--
Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise Postgres Company
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