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Re: SVN for src, status?


On Fri, May 08, 2009 at 04:48:06PM -0400, Frank Ch. Eigler wrote:
> "Joseph S. Myers" <joseph@codesourcery.com> writes:
> 
> > How does git handle the key feature for src, sparse checkouts (a
> > single repository from which you can check out just the parts
> > relevant for binutils, or GDB, or ..., or everything, 
> 
> FWIW, I used to think this sort of thing was a "key feature" too, but
> when checkouts, commits, merges, and basically everything is so damn
> fast, there is really no need for it.  (The mechanism by which current
> src/configure limits the builds to whichever source trees actually
> exist in the checkout would have to be changed.)

FWIW, this is my feeling too.  I would *prefer* not to have to check
out sid every time; but it's not going to break my heart if I have to,
especially since git checkouts are much faster than CVS/SVN.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery


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