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[13:24:10 CST(-0600)] <Daskreech> you mean did they do version controls for the changes made or did they pull a svn version to install?
[13:24:40 CST(-0600)] <EricDalquist> for the changes they made
[13:24:53 CST(-0600)] <EricDalquist> what we recommend is that people use some local version control system
[13:24:58 CST(-0600)] <EricDalquist> and do a vendor branch style import
[13:25:07 CST(-0600)] <EricDalquist> where the plain uPortal code comes in on the vendor branch
[13:25:13 CST(-0600)] <EricDalquist> and then they have a local mods branch
[13:25:26 CST(-0600)] <EricDalquist> then to upgrade you drop the latest uPortal code in the vendor branch
[13:25:42 CST(-0600)] <EricDalquist> and merge the changes from the local mods branch with the vendor branch changes
[13:26:29 CST(-0600)] <Daskreech> ah ok I think they were just doing tarball backups
[13:27:17 CST(-0600)] <Daskreech> EricDalquist: as a query at this point would you suggest git or svn
[13:31:09 CST(-0600)] <EricDalquist> we just had a bunch of talks at the unconference last week about git for maintaining local mods
[13:31:22 CST(-0600)] <EricDalquist> I think that is what we're going to be doing for our 4.0 upgrade at UW Madison
[13:32:55 CST(-0600)] <Daskreech> so ... it's in testing?
[13:33:31 CST(-0600)] <EricDalquist> using git for maintaining local mods?
[13:34:09 CST(-0600)] <Daskreech> recommending that
[13:35:38 CST(-0600)] <EricDalquist> so it is more up to your local preference. The uPortal community has more experiance with SVN vendor branches
[13:35:46 CST(-0600)] <EricDalquist> but there are a lot of places interested in using git
[13:36:05 CST(-0600)] <EricDalquist> so there will likely be a lot experiance with git in 6 months or so
[13:36:13 CST(-0600)] <EricDalquist> so you could do it now, you'd just be an early adopter
[13:36:29 CST(-0600)] <EricDalquist> one of the things I'm working on this week is transcribing my notes on it from the conference
[13:36:30 CST(-0600)] <EricDalquist> https://wiki.jasig.org/display/UPC/Git+for+Vendor+Branching
[13:36:41 CST(-0600)] <EricDalquist> that is just a placeholder so far
[13:36:48 CST(-0600)] <EricDalquist> but there should be a few pages of content there by the end of the week
[13:41:19 CST(-0600)] <Daskreech> EricDalquist: hmm alright guess I'll run a few tests but this is going to be a pretty decent change for the people involved
[13:41:38 CST(-0600)] <Daskreech> and it's Redhat so they might get Git in like 4 years
[13:41:52 CST(-0600)] <EricDalquist> right, thats why the svn/git/etc question isn't really a tech issue
[13:41:56 CST(-0600)] <EricDalquist> it is a people issue
[13:42:07 CST(-0600)] <EricDalquist> aka, what are they deployers/owners comfortable with
[13:43:27 CST(-0600)] <Daskreech> I'm going to go out on a limb and say they are not comfortable with anythign
[13:43:47 CST(-0600)] <EricDalquist> heh
[13:43:58 CST(-0600)] <EricDalquist> well I'll be back in ~ 45
[13:44:01 CST(-0600)] <EricDalquist> nap time for the toddler
[13:51:35 CST(-0600)] <Daskreech>