Re: [ros-dev] Microsoft switched to Git

[David Quintana (gigaherz)]

The number doesn't matter. The ReactOS project can't afford to lost any
long-time members. Git would be a benefit for all of us, but it has to be a
benefit for ALL of us. SVN works well enough meanwhile, even if passing
patch files around is rather 1990s.

On 15 February 2017 at 11:30, Magnus Johnsson <magnusjjj(a)gmail.com> wrote:

>   How many developers are we talking about here? :)
>
>  2017-02-15 11:19 GMT+01:00 Ged Murphy <gedmurphy.maillists(a)gmail.com>om>:
>
> >   Yeah, I had a meeting about this last week at
> > work. We’re slowly doing
> >  the same, pushing all new projects to use tfs git, and give existing
> >  projects using vsts the option to convert if they wish.
> >
> >  Git is far better at managing developers working in remote locations, and
> >  as most of the software industry has already moved towards devs working
> >  remotely, it makes sense. There are very few big companies no longer using
> >  a distributed system such as git or mercurial.
> >
> >
> >
> >  That fact that open source projects, which are inherently built on devs
> >  being remote, are still reluctant to move from a centralized to a
> >  distributed system seems archaic and self-detrimental. It’s a shame to hold
> >  the project back because a few devs are unwilling to move forward.
> >
> >
> >
> >  A distributed system can do everything a centralized system can do if you
> >  decide to model it in that way, and so much more if you decide to model it
> >  in other ways.
> >
> >
> >
> >  Ged.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >  *From:* Ros-dev [mailto:[e-mail]] *On Behalf Of *David
> >  Quintana (gigaherz)
> >  *Sent:* 15 February 2017 09:57
> >  *To:* ReactOS Development List <ros-dev(a)reactos.org>
> >  *Subject:* Re: [ros-dev] Microsoft switched to Git
> >
> >
> >
> >  Unlike us, Microsoft probably doesn't care if a few of the developers
> >  would rather quit than switch. ;P
> >
> >
> >
> >  On 15 February 2017 at 10:40, Colin Finck <colin(a)reactos.org> wrote:
> >
> >  https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/bharry/2017/02/03/scaling-g
> >  it-and-some-back-story/
> >
> >  I didn't expect Microsoft to switch to Git sooner than us..
> >
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