RE: [oasis-member-discuss] Request for mercurial or git distributed VCS

I have sent a link on advantages earlier:

  http://hginit.com/index.html

As for the cost of migration, I would need to know what is the current
investment by OASIS. From an install base standpoint I am not aware of
any TCs that have started using svn (there may be a limited few). From
an infrastructure standpoint the main issue is integration with OASIS
identity management. If someone can tell me what its based on I can try
and offer an assessment of migration cost.

I have a bit of history with this sort of request and OASIS. I
suggested they offer a wiki long time back and after much deliberation
MoinMoin Wiki was provided (not one that I had suggested).

I suggested they offer JIRA for issue tracking and they thought it
would be too much work. So the RegRep TC stood up our own external
JIRA. Within days of that external JIRA being setup OASIS offered every
TC a JIRA.

I suggested they offer svn several years back. I am glad they offer it
now but times have changed and items have shifted during flight.

I am hoping that we could avoid that sort of experience again. SVN is
basically a dead or dying tool and to get invested in it now is of
dubious merit in my opinion.

Is there any one else besides me who sees the value of OASIS offering
mercurial or git instead of or in addition to svn?

If so now would be a good time to be heard.

Thanks.

On 04/09/2010 03:08 PM, Peter F Brown (Pensive) wrote:

  
  
  

  

  
“There is really no good argument I have seen on
why one
should stick with svn.”

  

  

Except for the cost of migration, which could be
considerable given that the OASIS IT infrastructure is in the process
of a
major overhaul. Sometimes the best is the enemy of the good – in the
current
circumstances, I really do think you would need to explain the specific
and
measurable advantages over the current system and/or the dangers of
staying
with same…

  

  

Cheers,

  
Peter

  
(Speaking as an ordinary OASIS participant and
not on behalf
of the Board)

  

  

  

  
From:
Farrukh Najmi [mailto:]

  Sent: Fri, 09 April 2010 10:46

  To: David RR Webber (XML)

  Cc: 

  Subject: Re: [oasis-member-discuss] Request for mercurial or
git
distributed VCS

  

  

  

  

Hi David,

There are *more* clients on *more* platforms for mercurial that are
*better*
than *any* clients on *any* platform for svn:

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercurial#Related_software

As for tortoisesvn you should check out:

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TortoiseHg

There is really no good argument I have seen on why one should stick
with svn.
Even inertia does not count since mercurial's ConvertExtension can
convert from
most legacy VCS including svn seamlessly while preserving *all* history
of *all*
branches.

  http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/ConvertExtension

Try converting to mercurial. IMHO, you will be very glad you did.

On 04/09/2010 01:15 PM, David RR Webber (XML) wrote: 

  

  
Farrukh,

  

  

  
 

  

  

  
I must
confess svn is my go-to solution -
and I cannot live without tortoisesvn client for Windows - using it
daily.

  

  

  
 

  

  

  
Is there
a similar solution for Mercurial
or git VCS?  If there's something better - I'm definitely interested in
looking into it!  I'm familiar with some svn limitations.

  

  

  
 

  

  

  
You are
indeed correct that it had escaped
my attention that OASIS now has svn - and most definitely this is
something now
as a priority to facilitate specification work - so I will look into
this
soonest.

  

  

  
 

  

  

  
Thanks,
DW