Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.208.211]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BF3B6327CE for ; Wed, 27 May 2009 08:05:55 -0300 (ADT) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.211]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 41830-02 for ; Wed, 27 May 2009 08:05:47 -0300 (ADT) Received: from mx1.hub.org (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.106]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAC576324BE for ; Wed, 27 May 2009 08:05:53 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from svr2.hagander.net (svr2.hagander.net [88.198.128.226]) by mx1.hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FA0C125A749 for ; Wed, 27 May 2009 08:05:53 -0300 (ADT) Received: from dynamic.hagander.net ([127.0.0.1]) (encrypted and authenticated) by svr2.hagander.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7CD2DCD3E9; Wed, 27 May 2009 13:05:09 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mha-laptop.hagander.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17EB41240F4; Wed, 27 May 2009 13:05:09 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4A1D1E64.6030908@hagander.net> Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 13:05:08 +0200 From: Magnus Hagander User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090409) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Markus Wanner CC: Aidan Van Dyk , Andrew Dunstan , PostgreSQL-development Subject: Re: PostgreSQL Developer meeting minutes up References: <937d27e10904270840vaf70c0fr37518478b31d8a15@mail.gmail.com> <4A189843.3010200@agliodbs.com> <20090524165012.GL8123@tamriel.snowman.net> <4A1A52F5.7030009@hagander.net> <20090525122821.GO8123@tamriel.snowman.net> <4A1BABBC.7070803@hagander.net> <4A1BE039.70008@dunslane.net> <10273.1243343651@sss.pgh.pa.us> <4A1BFF70.4000506@dunslane.net> <20090526144812.GC15213@yugib.highrise.ca> <20090527121532.83276r2btyqp716s@mail.bluegap.ch> In-Reply-To: <20090527121532.83276r2btyqp716s@mail.bluegap.ch> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.077 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=AWL=0.077 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200905/1086 X-Sequence-Number: 138628 Markus Wanner wrote: > Hi, > > Quoting "Aidan Van Dyk" : >> This has been raised and ignored many times before on -hackers... The >> reason is because the tags in the CVS repository are "broken" > > Please keep in mind that the amount of "brokenness" here depends a lot > on the tool used for the conversion to git. AFAIK 'git cvsimport' is > used for the conversion of the Postgres repository to git. git-cvsimport > uses cvsps, which is known for its deficiencies. No, we use fromcvs, not "git cvsimport". IIRC that was the only one people could make working with incremental updates. -- Magnus Hagander Self: http://www.hagander.net/ Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/