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

Subject: Re: [boost] [Git] Moving beyond arm waving?
From: Dave Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-02-02 15:15:01

At Wed, 2 Feb 2011 16:49:41 +0000,
Robert Jones 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?

Well, a little... but it can't hurt to experiment :-)

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Dave Abrahams
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