Re: [boost] [git] [conversion] Schedule and remaining showstoppers?

Subject: Re: [boost] [git] [conversion] Schedule and remaining showstoppers?
From: Dave Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-10-22 22:16:53

on Mon Oct 21 2013, "Niall Douglas" <s_sourceforge-AT-nedprod.com> wrote:

> On 20 Oct 2013 at 20:43, Dave Abrahams wrote:
>
>> > Before any of this, in my opinion we need to find out with real 
>> > empirical evidence how good the quality of the git conversion is. 
>> > That, in my opinion, requires a full build and automated test run for 
>> > every matching git commit and svn commit going back through history 
>> > to determine their level of equivalence, and at what point in history 
>> > equivalence breaks down.
>> 
>> Never gonna happen.  The filesystem structure is changed, and there's no
>> reason to expect commits in ancient history to build.
>
> I didn't know that was now the case. For reference, I absolutely 
> agree with this decision, but may I ask a stupid question: why now 
> bother converting any history at all if historical checkouts are no 
> longer viable?

The list demanded it.

> i.e. why not flatten file history completely, and therefore make 
> clones so very much quicker? Right now my subgit conversion of Boost 
> consumes about 800Mb. Eliminating most of that download would be 
> useful. If people want to see and/or use history from pre-conversion, 
> they can use the SVN repo.

We tried to do that.  We even had a solution for people who wanted to
graft on an accurate SVN history.  It didn't fly.

-- 
Dave Abrahams