Re: [HACKERS] Improved JDBC driver part 2

David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> writes:
> On Wed, Dec 01, 2010 at 10:15:38AM -0600, Kevin Grittner wrote:
>> If we move to git, don't forget that there is not one repository
>> which has the entire history for PostgreSQL JDBC -- the current
>> repository is missing some work, including releases, from one stable
>> branch. (Was it 7.4?) We'd probably want to merge that in as part
>> of any conversion effort.

> I guess that depends on our current needs. As pre-split-off JDBC
> driver history is already preserved in the main git tree, I'd see
> putting the pre-split history into the JDBC tree as less important
> than making current and future JDBC development easier, but that's
> just me.

It was difficult enough to get an accurate conversion from cvs to git
when that was the only constraint. Trying to merge some unrelated
history in at the same time seems like a recipe for trouble. I'd
recommend just converting your existing repo and calling it good.

regards, tom lane