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[Chris Pavlina <pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx>]

I would grump less, if that counts for anything ;)

On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 12:12:45AM +0100, Piotr Esden-Tempski wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> Here also my 1ct. I am another of those potential developers that would much
> more likely contribute to the project if done through GitHub.
> 
> So +1 for GitHub transition from me. :)
> 
> Cheers,
> Esden
> 
> On 01/10/2016 01:19 AM, Duane Johnson wrote:
> >As a software developer on the sidelines thinking of getting involved,
> >this would significantly lower the barrier to entry (cognitive or
> >otherwise) since git/github is so familiar to me.
> >
> >Duane
> >
> >On Jan 9, 2016 3:50 PM, "Nick Østergaard" <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx
> ><mailto:oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >
> >    2016-01-06 0:50 GMT+01:00 Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx
> >    <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>>:
> >     > On 1/5/2016 4:00 AM, Maciej Sumiński wrote:
> >     >> On 12/11/2015 05:58 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> >     >>> On 12/11/2015 3:25 AM, Maciej Sumiński wrote:
> >     >>>> On 12/08/2015 09:57 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> >     >>>> [snip]
> >     >>>>> I'm not the biggest github fan either.  I think its OK but it was
> >     >>>>> expecting a lot more given all of the fan fair.  I do like
> >    working with
> >     >>>>> git.  I've been using it exclusively for my Eeschema refactor
> >    work.  Has
> >     >>>>> anyone tried using the git support on launchpad yet?  I
> >    haven't had time
> >     >>>>> to mess around with it.  I know it's still a beta version but
> >    it might
> >     >>>>> be worth a look.  It could be a low pain option as long as
> >    the launchpad
> >     >>>>> devs get all the bug tracker and merge request support
> >    working with git.
> >     >>>>>  It may be worth trying to get an idea of when the LP devs
> >    plan to have
> >     >>>>> this done.  If it's within the next year, it may be worth
> >    waiting rather
> >     >>>>> than jumping ship.
> >     >>>>
> >     >>>> There is basic support for git in Launchpad, and it seems to work.
> >     >>>> Following a short manual [1], I was able to push a branch to
> >    my git
> >     >>>> repository on LP [2]. It has taken me less than 5 minutes,
> >    thanks to our
> >     >>>> code is already stored in a git repo on github.
> >     >>>> If our main goal is to switch to git, then this must be the
> >    cheapest &
> >     >>>> quickest way.
> >     >>>>
> >     >>>> Regards,
> >     >>>> Orson
> >     >>>>
> >     >>>> 1. https://help.launchpad.net/Code/Git
> >     >>>> 2. https://code.launchpad.net/~orsonmmz/kicad/+git/kicad
> >     >>>>
> >     >>>
> >     >>> Did you try to link a fake LP bug report and/or merge request
> >    to this
> >     >>> repo.  If those two things work at least as well as they do
> >    with bzr, it
> >     >>> might just be the way to go.
> >     >>
> >     >> For the moment there is no possibility to fill a bug report
> >    against a
> >     >> specific commit, though it seems to me that it is a rarely used
> >    option.
> >     >> Majority of bug reports contain the version information in the
> >     >> description field. Unfortunately, it may also mean there is no
> >    way to
> >     >> mark a specific commit as a bug fix.
> >     >>
> >     >> It is possible to propose a branch to be merged, though the
> >    interface is
> >     >> not well polished yet. It was not clear to me what should be put in
> >     >> "Target repository" (e.g. ~orsonmmz/kicad/+git/kicad) and
> >    "Target path"
> >     >> (branch name in the repository) fields, but perhaps they are
> >     >> automatically filled out when requesting merge against the main
> >     >> repository. It is also possible to add reviews, as in the
> >    Launchpad version.
> >     >>
> >     >> Regards,
> >     >> Orson
> >     >>
> >     >
> >     > It looks like git support in launchpad is a work in progress.  I will
> >     > contact the launchpad devs to see what their time frame is for
> >    getting
> >     > full launchpad support up and running.  I don't want to loose the
> >    link
> >     > between bug reports and the repo version if I can help it.  I'll hold
> >     > off any final decision until I hear back from the launchpad devs.
> >     >
> >     > Wayne
> >
> >    I my humble opinion, I think we could just start using git and not
> >    nessesarely change the kicad source code bugtracker yet, that is keep
> >    using it on launchpad. We never used the few features that the
> >    launchpad bug tracker had to refer to the source code anyway.
> >
> >    So basically, all we need to switch completely to git is:
> >    1. rename the kicad-source-mirror to kicad on github.
> >    2. disable write access on the bzr repo on launchpad.
> >    3. delete your bzr workspace (if you use that) and clone the new git
> >    repo.
> >
> >    Effort for the above is very low.
> >
> >    The issue tracker for the git repo on github can be disabled and we
> >    can link the launchpad bug tracker from the repo description on
> >    github.
> >
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