Re: PostgreSQL Developer meeting minutes up - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Robert Haas
Subject Re: PostgreSQL Developer meeting minutes up
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Msg-id 603c8f070905280649m5d5fc458se54435dfe20cc7ca@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: PostgreSQL Developer meeting minutes up  (Aidan Van Dyk <aidan@highrise.ca>)
Responses Re: PostgreSQL Developer meeting minutes up  (Aidan Van Dyk <aidan@highrise.ca>)
Re: PostgreSQL Developer meeting minutes up  (Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>)
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On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Aidan Van Dyk <aidan@highrise.ca> wrote:
> All that based on the assumption that when the project switches to git,
> they actually want all the CVS history in their official tree.  Its
> certainly not necessary, and possibly not even desirable...  PostgreSQL
> could just as easily to a "linus" style switch when they switch to git,
> and just "import" the latest release in each branch as the starting
> point for each branch.  The git repository will have no history, and
> people can choose which history they want to graft in...  CVSROOT can be
> made available as a historical download.

That would suck for me.  I use git log a lot to see how things have
changed over time.

...Robert


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