From: Urabe Shyouhei <shyouhei@...>
Date: 2009-02-15T04:57:18+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:22101] Re: A short memorandum (Re: 1.8.7 Specifics)

Charles Oliver Nutter wrote:
> Eero Saynatkari wrote:
>> I will agree and disagree a bit: keeping the distribution at
>> http://ruby-lang.org (or ftp://) is expected, but I think it
>> is also beneficial to keep the SVN access available there.
>>
>> However, I think it is of paramount importance that there is
>> an *official* Git repository as well, presumably at Github.
>> It will result in much greater user involvement and more bug-
>> and --very importantly-- /documentation/ patches.
>>
>> I expect Git to be EY's preferred way of working with the
>> repository, but git-svn should be able to handle the other
>> side just fine.
> 
> In any case, since there's no realistic way to mirror a github repo from
> SVN, 1.8.6 should remain with the other ruby-core branches on
> ruby-lang's SVN. I'm certainly in favor of an official github mirror,
> but that's a separate matter that would encompass all ruby-lang svn
> branches. So my point stands...no branch of ruby-lang Ruby should move
> to Github unilaterally.
> 
> - Charlie

Maybe stewardship and source code hosting service are different stories.  EY
can move their 1.8.6 codes into github whenever they think they should.
Perhaps we should see how things go for a while on SVN, and decide whether or
not to move later.