[llvm-foundation] Voting

[Robinson, Paul via llvm-foundation]

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> From: llvm-foundation [mailto:llvm-foundation-bounces at lists.llvm.org] On
> Behalf Of Mehdi Amini via llvm-foundation
> Sent: Friday, July 15, 2016 2:21 PM
> To: Tanya Lattner
> Cc: llvm-foundation at lists.llvm.org
> Subject: Re: [llvm-foundation] Voting
> >> Please, expand on your usage, as accurate as you can, with links:
> >> <text field>
> >>
> >> How would moving to GitHub impact your usage of LLVM? (choose the
> >> closest option)
> >> 1. I already use Git, little to no impact foreseen.
> >> 2. I use a mixture of Git and Svn, and some impact will be felt.
> >> 3. I use mostly Svn, so we'll have big impact on our productivity.
> >> 4. I cannot work with / don't want to move to Git.
> >>
> >> If you chose 2~4, please explain your reasons here:
> 
> I feel there is a missing option: "SVN is annoying and getting rid of it
> would straighten my processes".
> 
> Also I'm not sure what you expect to take from "3": someone who don't know
> git will necessarily have a period of of lower productivity but it has to
> be a transition cost.
> (And you phrased it as "big impact" which seems dubious)

When we moved from SVN to git internally, it was indeed a big impact.

Lots of bits of our process were premised on a strictly increasing 
integer across branches (aka SVN revision number).  It took a while to
adapt them all.  We paid that cost to get better merge behavior with 
git, and planned it out on a schedule of our choosing.  Having it 
imposed by upstream would have been far more disruptive.
--paulr

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