What baffles me the most about the DVCS flamewar currently going on (remember, we were already there at GUADEC 2008, anyone want to bet if we’ll manage to keep this going until GUADEC 2009?), is that there’s an apparent lack of sysadmin manpower to do a migration to git, but we do have sufficient manpower to develop an entirely new system that unifies two version control systems and do the migration to that git+bzr combo.
Can somebody clarify this paradox for me?
easy. the people who have the time aren’t willing to do a plain git migration :)
I think its a case that the sysadmins in question don’t want to use git and as they’re not being paid don’t want to do the work for something they don’t want no matter what public opinion wants
And Fred Brooks told us humans are not exchangeable…
Here’s the best question to ask what were the preferences of the existing sysadmins for the gnome project in the dvcs survey. If GNOME is currently relying on volunteer sysadmins who are primarily bzr users, then the situation makes some sense. Relying on volunteers for all IT infrastructure services means relying heavily on those individuals personal preferences in what technologies are implemented. For better or for worse, that’s how it works.
Does GNOME need a dedicated paid infrastructure manager who can be tasked by the GNOME Foundation to lead a git environment conversion? Part of that leadership role would be to recruit and sustain a community of infrastructure volunteers whose skills and experience are aligned with the GNOME infrastructure roadmap needs.
-jef
The cabal is against git. Wait, did I say cabal? Sorry, there is no cabal.