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Re: Proposal for the transition timetable for the move to GIT
On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 01:43:48PM +0100, Mark Wielaard wrote:
> On Mon, 2019-12-16 at 11:29 +0000, Joseph Myers wrote:
> > On Mon, 16 Dec 2019, Mark Wielaard wrote:
> >
> > > Should we go with the gcc-reparent.git repo now?
> >
> > I think we should go with the reposurgeon conversion, with all Richard's
> > improvements to commit messages. gcc-reparent.git has issues of its own;
> > at least, checking the list of branches shows some branches are missing.
You need to provide proof of that.
> > So both conversions can still be considered works in progress.
>
> I thought we would pick the best available conversion today.
Yes.
> If we keep tweaking the conversions till they are "perfect" we probably
> never reach that point.
>
> > However, we should also note that stage 3 is intended to last two months,
> > ending with the move to git
> > <https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2019-10/msg00143.html>
> > <https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2019-11/msg00117.html>, and given that it
> > didn't start at the start of November as anticipated in the originally
> > proposed timetable, that implies corresponding updates to all the dates.
I do not agree.
> > By now, enough people are away until the new year that now isn't a good
> > time for deciding things anyway.
>
> The idea was to do it while most people were away to have the least
> impact. The timeline https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/GitConversion does say we
> can slip for logistical reasons the read-only date (2019/12/31) by a
> few days.
Yes.
> Do people really want to keep tweaking the conversions and postpone the
> git switchover?
No.
Segher