fxruby users - Jan 2009 - Considering a move to GitHub

I''m considering moving the source code repository for FXRuby over to
GitHub and wanted to float the idea here first to make sure there are
no objections.

I don''t get the impression that anyone is actively watching the
Subversion repository that''s currently hosted at RubyForge, and
I''m
using Git almost exclusively these days anyways. There''s the added
bonus that a move to GitHub might encourage more people to fork the
code and make changes, contributions, etc.---more so than has happened
to date.

Any thoughts? If no one raises any objections by, say, Monday, I''ll
probably go ahead and make the switch next week. The existing
Subversion repository at RubyForge will effectively become frozen at
that point.

On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 3:06 PM, Lyle Johnson <lyle at lylejohnson.name>
wrote:
> I''m considering moving the source code repository for FXRuby over
to
> GitHub and wanted to float the idea here first to make sure there are
> no objections.
>
> I don''t get the impression that anyone is actively watching the
> Subversion repository that''s currently hosted at RubyForge, and
I''m
> using Git almost exclusively these days anyways. There''s the added
> bonus that a move to GitHub might encourage more people to fork the
> code and make changes, contributions, etc.---more so than has happened
> to date.
>
> Any thoughts? If no one raises any objections by, say, Monday,
I''ll
> probably go ahead and make the switch next week. The existing
> Subversion repository at RubyForge will effectively become frozen at
> that point.

I''d do it. I can think only of advantages from a move to github.
cheers,
-- henon
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On Jan 29, 2009, at 9:16 AM, Hubbell, Sean-W49290 wrote:
> If you do not mind me asking, are there any reasons that you are using
> Git over Subversion?
One of the main reasons is being able to work (i.e. make commits)  
offline, without being connected to the remote repository. But if  
that''s all I needed, I could have used something like SVK (which I did
experiment with, for awhile).

The main thing I like about Git is that it''s a lot faster, generally  
speaking, than Subversion, in terms of things like making commits,  
creating branches, and so forth. And I can use Git to track Subversion  
repositories, for those projects (like some at work) that can''t move  
away from Subversion.

On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 6:29 PM, Lyle Johnson <lyle at lylejohnson.name>
wrote:
>
> On Jan 29, 2009, at 9:16 AM, Hubbell, Sean-W49290 wrote:
>
>  If you do not mind me asking, are there any reasons that you are using
>> Git over Subversion?
>
>
With git I am able to check in my daily work in a different branch
(efficiently, svn is dead slow with branches) without affecting the current
stable development branch my fellows are depending on. I also like to keep a
git repo on an usb stick to be able to switch computers and systems easily.
I also like tracking subversion working directories with a git repo to be
able to work offline.

The best thing, however, is git''s "rebase" function. you can
work on a
branch for a long time without getting completely off from the main branch
by continuously rebasing your branch on the main line. with subversion i
once made a long lived branch, did some serious refactoring to improve the
design and later had to abandon all the work because it was simply too
costly to merge it back to the main branch which had evolved very much.

-- henon
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