Re: PostgreSQL Developer meeting minutes up

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Aidan Van Dyk <aidan(at)highrise(dot)ca>
Cc: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Markus Wanner <markus(at)bluegap(dot)ch>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL Developer meeting minutes up
Date: 2009-05-28 13:49:32
Message-ID: 603c8f070905280649m5d5fc458se54435dfe20cc7ca@mail.gmail.com
Views: Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email
Thread:
Lists: pgsql-hackers

On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Aidan Van Dyk <aidan(at)highrise(dot)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

In response to

Responses

Browse pgsql-hackers by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Heikki Linnakangas 2009-05-28 13:52:44 Re: Clean shutdown and warm standby
Previous Message Simon Riggs 2009-05-28 13:38:38 Re: New trigger option of pg_standby