Re: [boost] [Git] Moving beyond arm waving?

Subject: Re: [boost] [Git] Moving beyond arm waving?
From: Robert Jones (robertgbjones_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-02-02 11:49:41

On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 3:44 PM, Beman Dawes <bdawes_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> To move discussion of Git beyond the arm waving stage, I'd like to
> suggest several concrete steps:
>
> * Use the tag "[git]" to identify list postings discussing integration
> of Git into Boost daily life. If that gets unwieldy, we can start a
> separate mailing list.
>
> * Start building documentation, with a lot of the initial effort going
> into rationale and "how to do it". To that end, I've started to
> populate a "Git" hierarchy on the Trac wiki:
> https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/Git/GitHome. Please contribute!
>
> * As a demonstration and proof-of-concept, a Boost library should
> begin using Git. Presumably a public repository (on GitHub?) can
> channel changes back to Boost svn. I'll volunteer the filesystem
> library.
>
>
Forgive me for being a bit slow here, but isn't 'moving beyond the
arm waving stage' exactly what the Ryppl effort is doing? Is there a
danger of treading on Ryppl's toes here?

(Sorry if I've misunderstood what's what!)

- Rob.