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[jms-spec users] Re: [jsr368-experts] Re: svn -> git (GitHub)

From: Reza Rahman <reza_rahman_at_lycos.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Feb 2016 13:46:36 -0500

Personally this is a good idea. May be a way to make community contributions easier.

> On Feb 29, 2016, at 1:40 PM, Chris Barrow <chris.barrow_at_kaazing.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Ivar,
>
> Great idea. My github username is cmebarrow. Please add me.
>
> thanks,
> Chris
>
>> On 2/29/2016 4:06 AM, Ivar Grimstad wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> What do you think of using this unfortunate "quiet period" to move from Subversion to Git?
>>
>> The way the java.net svn repo is organized does not allow for easy migration to Git, but here is a suggestion that should be feasible:
>> Migrate the jms2.1 folder to a new Git repository as the master branch.
>> Migrate the www folder to a new Git repository (separate from the above)
>> Keep the rest in the Subversion repo as is
>> Why GitHub and not java.net?
>> GitHub offers better support for collaboration and pull requests
>> I don't have access to create repositories on java.net
>> The future of java.net is uncertain (rumor has it...)
>> When and if we have a java.net Git repo, we can move everything there, treat as master and use the GitHub repo as a mirror.
>> Any objections? Or suggestions otherwise?
>> I will be happy to fix this and for the purpose I have created a GitHub group/organization:
>> (we have done the same thing with JSR 371 and JSR 375)
>>
>> https://github.com/jms-spec
>>
>> I will add all of you to this group if I can find your github user. Please email me your username if you don't get an invitation.
>>
>> Ivar
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