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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 11/12/2014 9:01 AM, Mark Roszko wrote:
> git-bzr is buggy
> 
> What happened with the svn to git migration that was horrible out of
> curiosity? The only thing I could see is issue tracking? The codebase
> is already migrated because of the git mirror.

The code migration was not a problem.  It was the issue tracker and the
knowledge contained in the mailing list.  KiCad is much more than it's
code.  For a year or so after the move I was still going back to
sourceforge to look things up which was less than convenient.  At that
time KiCad had only been on sourceforge for 2-3 years.  Kicad has been
hosted on launchpad for the last 6 years, the amount of accumulated
information outside of the source will be significantly more that the
last transition.

> 
> 
>> What is less clear is the hosting sight.  I'm am
>> less than thrilled with using github because AFAIK it is not free
>> software.
> 
> Why does it matter? It's extremely easy to switch between them.
> One of the very few "open-source" hosts is https://gitorious.org/ but
> there is no issue tracking and I would advise agaisn't it for that
> alone.
> 
> Now if you self-host, you can do Gitlab https://about.gitlab.com/ but
> it requires a bit of a VM or server to run, it's quite the resource
> hog due to its design so for a heavy usage like KiCAD you absolutely
> do not want to run it on a cheap VM without headaches :/
> The alternative is to use Trac and separate git repo manager, it can
> run on a cheap VM no problem.
> 
>> Does launch pad support git?
> Nope
> 

I consider hosting as important as the chosen vcs.  Using a hosting site
based on non-free software may be risky.  Anyone remember the
kernel/bitkeeper fiasco?  I'm not sure we have the manpower or technical
expertise to host our own git repo.