From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 27130 invoked by alias); 23 Aug 2013 16:09:20 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 27101 invoked by uid 89); 23 Aug 2013 16:09:19 -0000 X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_NO autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-Spam-User: qpsmtpd, 2 recipients Received: from rock.gnat.com (HELO rock.gnat.com) (205.232.38.15) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.84/v0.84-167-ge50287c) with ESMTP; Fri, 23 Aug 2013 16:09:16 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by filtered-rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 333DB11676F; Fri, 23 Aug 2013 12:09:21 -0400 (EDT) Received: from rock.gnat.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (rock.gnat.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id nFEw-Z19xRFk; Fri, 23 Aug 2013 12:09:21 -0400 (EDT) Received: from joel.gnat.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 014421165F4; Fri, 23 Aug 2013 12:09:21 -0400 (EDT) Received: by joel.gnat.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 801C4C3DAB; Fri, 23 Aug 2013 09:09:13 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 16:09:00 -0000 From: Joel Brobecker To: "H.J. Lu" Cc: Tom Tromey , Mark Kettenis , GDB , Binutils Subject: Re: A Proposal to Move to Git Message-ID: <20130823160913.GS5147@adacore.com> References: <8738q4gj7a.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> <201308222010.r7MKAljG013904@glazunov.sibelius.xs4all.nl> <87wqnda0tm.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> <20130823155534.GR5147@adacore.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-SW-Source: 2013-08/txt/msg00118.txt.bz2 > What is wrong with git mirror? I only use CVS for checkin and use git > mirror for everything else. The only minor inconvenience I run into is the > git mirror delay. Git mirror is an improvement, but still an archaic solution compared to the power of a git repository. We will have to get out of CVS eventually, as the tool gets less and less used, so let's do it sooner rather than later. I don't think that losing partial checkouts is that big a price to pay. -- Joel