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[Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Joel

This discussion leads nowhere, you already started this discussion in
February, the situation has not changed IMO.

The thing is; that there do exist a git mirror, which you can use
locally for your work, and then generate a patch and submit it on the
mailing list when you want to contribute. As someone mentioned earlier
in this thread. If you want to see "the move" earlier, you are better
off helping with making the kicad release happen. Fixing bugs on the
tracker is a good place to look for stuff to do. Alternatively you
could make launchpad integrate git support. I don't think the
alternative is easy to do.

Nick

2014-11-12 16:57 GMT+01:00 Joel Holdsworth <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
>> If I thought for a second that a large number of our primary
>> developers were going to exit the project because we weren't using
>> git, then I would pull the trigger right now.  I seriously doubt that
>> bzr is much of a sticking point for most developers.  If this is not
>> the case (all you primary developers and you know who you are),
>> please let me know so I can make an informed decision.
>
>
> Sure your current crop have settled with the workflow, but there will be
> developer turnover. Therefore there is a need to attract new developers.
> Because I think we all want the project to grow, and be long lived, and
> achieving that is all about reducing barriers to entry.
>
> And I admit that I'm not a Kicad contributor yet. Though I have
> contributed to quite a variety of other projects, including software in
> the area of electronics. So I feel like I have some outside perspective
> on this, and I've got a bit of experience comparing what works well
> between different projects. Hence why I raise the issue.
>
> I'm not saying it has to be solved in the short term, if people are busy.
> But I would advocate doing something about this in the medium term.
>
>
> Joel
>
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