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["Charlie Poole" <charlie@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Justin,

Here's a good article to get started in thinking about DVCS...

http://people.ubuntu.com/~ianc/papers/dvcs-why-and-how.xhtml

Charlie

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Justin Daubenmire [mailto:jdaubenmire@xxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 11:57 AM
> To: Charlie Poole; nunit-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Nunit-dev] What should we do about lp:nunit-2.5?
> 
> Hi Charlie,
> 
> Ok, I've got Bazaar  downloaded and installed on Windows.
> 
> Thanks for the info on it.
> 
> Now I'm just waiting for you to get v3.0 of NUnit up there on lp.
> 
> I opted to install the  Tortoise Bazaar tool since I use 
> Tortoise for svn on Windows. Hoping it is a little similar.
> 
> Cool about de-centralized  source control systems. What other 
> ones are popular for Windows?
> 
> /Justin
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Charlie Poole" <charlie@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "'Justin Daubenmire'" <jdaubenmire@xxxxxxxxx>; 
> <nunit-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 10:56 AM
> Subject: RE: [Nunit-dev] What should we do about lp:nunit-2.5?
> 
> 
> > Hi Justin,
> >
> > See http://nunit.org/?p=howtos#latestSourceLP for a 
> description of how 
> > it worked *before* I deleted the mirror. As soon as I establish the 
> > new code on LP, I'll post info here and create some new 
> instructions.
> >
> > CVS was pretty much the de facto standard VCS for many years.
> > SVN was created to get beyond many of the limitations of CVS.
> > When NUnit started in 2000, CVS was all that Sourceforge 
> offered and 
> > we never converted. IMO, SVN is still the standard in centralized 
> > version control, but de-centralized is the wave of the 
> future. Bazaar 
> > is great because it allows you to work in a centralized or 
> > de-centralized manner - or even to combine them within the same 
> > project.
> >
> > I'm working on more docs for developers - bear with me!
> >
> > Charlie
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: nunit-dev-bounces+charlie=nunit.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> [mailto:nunit-dev-bounces+charlie=nunit.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> t] On Behalf Of Justin Daubenmire
> >> Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 3:16 AM
> >> To: nunit-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Subject: Re: [Nunit-dev] What should we do about lp:nunit-2.5?
> >>
> >> Hi Charlie,
> >>
> >> Pardon my ignorance - I've never used lp. How do we check out the 
> >> source code from lp?
> >>
> >> when you mention cvs for source control, do you mean subversion?
> >>
> >> /Justin
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Charlie Poole" <charlie@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: <nunit-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 10:44 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [Nunit-dev] What should we do about lp:nunit-2.5?
> >>
> >>
> >> >I have removed the branch from Launchpad. We'll just  move on to 
> >> >NUnit 3.0.
> >> >
> >> > Charlie
> >> >
> >> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> >> From: nunit-dev-bounces+charlie=nunit.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> >> [mailto:nunit-dev-bounces+charlie=nunit.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> >> t] On Behalf Of Charlie Poole
> >> >> Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 5:30 PM
> >> >> To: nunit-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> >> Subject: Re: [Nunit-dev] What should we do about lp:nunit-2.5?
> >> >>
> >> >> I have confirmation that the bug blocking our imports 
> to Launchpad 
> >> >> will not be fixed. I plan to delete the mirror of NUnit 
> 2.5 in the 
> >> >> next day or two.
> >> >>
> >> >> Charlie
> >> >>
> >> >> > -----Original Message-----
> >> >> > From: nunit-dev-bounces+charlie=nunit.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> >> > [mailto:nunit-dev-bounces+charlie=nunit.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> >> > t] On Behalf Of Charlie Poole
> >> >> > Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 3:06 PM
> >> >> > To: nunit-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> >> > Subject: [Nunit-dev] What should we do about lp:nunit-2.5?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Hi All,
> >> >> >
> >> >> > The nunit 2.5 mirror on launchpad can no longer be updated.
> >> >> I merged
> >> >> > changes from the 2.5 branch to head so that they would
> >> be available
> >> >> > for import to launchpad but ran into a bug in the
> >> >> conversion program
> >> >> > which makes it impossible to import a cvs project which has
> >> >> added any
> >> >> > files to head as the result of a merge. The bug is two
> >> >> years old, so
> >> >> > it doesn't seem likely that it will be fixed.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I don't want to leave it up as it is, because that
> >> >> encourages people
> >> >> > to branch from old code. That seems to leave two options,
> >> >> at least as
> >> >> > far as I can see...
> >> >> >
> >> >> > 1. Delete the NUnit 2.5 project on Launchpad and just 
> fix bugs 
> >> >> > as needed through cvs.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > 2. Delete the branch - but not the project - and start a
> >> >> new branch on
> >> >> > launchpad without the cvs history. Continue to fix bugs on
> >> >> launchpad
> >> >> > until there is a new release.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I lean toward #1 myself, since I see no reason to make it
> >> >> especially
> >> >> > easy for folks to extend 2.5 - I'd rather see the effort
> >> go toward
> >> >> > 3.0.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > What do others think?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Charlie
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
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