[cctbxbb] Not wishing to raise this again but...

[R.D. Oeffner]

Personally I think moving the cctbx to git is a great idea as it would 
make it easier and safer when developing and testing new features. Given 
so many teams are using the cctbx this seems like a compelling reason 
for it to be moved.

We had a chat a while ago with Berkeley about this but I've forgotten 
what the consensus was.


Rob


> 
> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2016 12:10:03 +0000
> From: <Graeme.Winter at diamond.ac.uk>
> To: <cctbxbb at phenix-online.org>
> Subject: Re: [cctbxbb] Not wishing to raise this again but...
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> Hi All,
> 
> This sounds like it is heading in a pragmatic direction - I would find
> it very helpful to gauge feeling for or against this. To make this
> simple I have attempted (starting from a completely ignorant position)
> to put together one of those online survey things:
> 
> https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/GXPY5JW
> 
> If you could pick an option that would be great, explaining why would
> be even better, or hitting reply-all to this thread would also work
> (as has previously done so) I'll collate answers over the next few
> days & feed back when we have (say) 10-20 or a few days have passed
> 
>> From experience with moving xia2 & DIALS it was surprisingly 
>> straightforward (an opinion)
> 
> Thanks & cheerio Graeme
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cctbxbb-bounces at phenix-online.org
> [mailto:cctbxbb-bounces at phenix-online.org] On Behalf Of
> markus.gerstel at diamond.ac.uk
> Sent: 14 June 2016 12:18
> To: cctbxbb at phenix-online.org
> Subject: Re: [cctbxbb] Not wishing to raise this again but...
> 
> Hi Pavel,
> 
> I volunteered to do this some time ago, just like for DIALS, and would
> still be happy to do this.
> We can do the move slowly, so allow users (developers) with a git
> repository while development still happens in SVN for say a couple of
> weeks, and I would be happy to run the git support for that time and
> for the aftermath of the move.
> 
> Best wishes
> -Markus
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cctbxbb-bounces at phenix-online.org
> [mailto:cctbxbb-bounces at phenix-online.org] On Behalf Of Pavel Afonine
> Sent: 14 June 2016 12:11
> To: cctbx mailing list
> Subject: Re: [cctbxbb] Not wishing to raise this again but...
> 
> Hey there!
> 
> Well I guess I say something even though I don't have much to say
> really. I've been contributing to CCTBX for the past 13 years, so I
> feel like this conversation is not too irrelevant to me to say the
> least.
> 
> I don't have strong opinion about staying with svn vs moving to git. I
> routinely contribute to CCTBX (which is SVN-based) and I routinely
> contribute to my other activity - Q|R (Quantum Refinement, which is
> hosted by GitHub). I'm comfortable with both environments as I'm using
> only the minimal functionality of both: check in, check out, diff..
> period. I'm not interested in branching/etc sophistication; this is
> just because the way I structure my workflow..
> 
> My current understanding is that moving CCTBX to use git boils down to:
> - actually someone doing it; AND
> - taking good proper responsible care of the aftermath (if any).
> 
> So far no-one volunteered to embrace this challenge, as far as I know.
> 
> In summary I think we should move to git, at least to follow the
> vector of progress.
> 
> All the best,
> Pavel
>