[Tinyos-devel] POLL: Alternative Version Control System for TinyOS

[Vlado Handziski]

Dear all,

I wish to thank everyone that has already responded. Below you can find a
summary of the current results.

We are letting the poll open until the end of the week, so if you have not
voiced your opinion yet, please do so at:

http://bit.ly/tinyos_vcs_poll

Vlado


*Summary*

Which source management tool can best serve the TinyOS development process?
CVS
00% SVN
529%GIT
9 53%HG
212%Other
16%
Which project hosting service provides the best tools for source management,
issue tracking and collaboration?
 SourceForge
529% Google Code
424%GitHub
635%Other
212%
Which combination of source management tool and service provider do you
prefer?
 CVS + SourceForge (current)
00% SVN + SourceForge
212%GIT + SourceForge
318%HG + SourceForge
0 0%SVN + Google Code
212%HG + Google Code
212%GIT + central SVN on Google Code
1 6%GIT + GitHub
529%Other
212%




On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 22:09, Vlado Handziski <handzisk at tkn.tu-berlin.de>wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> if you are following this list you are probably already aware of several
> threads where the issue of migrating TinyOS to alternative version control
> and issue tracking tools has been raised.
>
> There are many reasons why such a change might be beneficial to the TinyOS
> development process. The policy of keeping the HEAD in a relatively stable
> state, combined with the serious deficiencies of CVS in branching and
> merging, has effectively pushed the bleeding edge development outside of the
> official trees and in alternative external repositories. With this the
> process has lost some transparency and it is very hard to coordinate the
> efforts of small developer groups from different institutions. A migration
> to a more modern VCS and issue tracking infrastructure might alleviate some
> of these difficulties.
>
> To gather the feelings of the developer community on this issue, the Core
> WG has prepared a simple poll that is available at the following link:
>
> http://bit.ly/tinyos_vcs_poll
>
> Please take some time to voice your opinion and help us better understand
> your needs and preferences.
>
> Thank you for your cooperation!
>
> Vlado
>
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