Re: PostgreSQL Developer meeting minutes up

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From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
To: Aidan Van Dyk <aidan@highrise.ca>
Cc: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>
Cc: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>
Cc: Markus Wanner <markus@bluegap.ch>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL Developer meeting minutes up
Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 09:49:32 -0400
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On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Aidan Van Dyk <aidan@highrise.ca> wrote:
> All that based on the assumption that when the project switches to git,
> they actually want all the CVS history in their official tree.  Its
> certainly not necessary, and possibly not even desirable...  PostgreSQL
> could just as easily to a "linus" style switch when they switch to git,
> and just "import" the latest release in each branch as the starting
> point for each branch.  The git repository will have no history, and
> people can choose which history they want to graft in...  CVSROOT can be
> made available as a historical download.

That would suck for me.  I use git log a lot to see how things have
changed over time.

...Robert

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