[Scummvm-devel] Broken Sword 2.5

[Paul Gilbert]

On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 8:40 AM, Max Horn <max at quendi.de> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have some mixed feelings about this, but don't feel strongly enough to
> bother about it.
>
> However, I really wonder whether this shouldn't be done after the planned
> switch to git. After all, at that point we can stop discussion whether
> development of an engine happens on or off trunk, as everybody can work on
> engines in their own personal (yet still public) fork, and the discussion
> really would be whether to merge the engine into the master repository. This
> way, the engine could be developed in the open and in collaboration (same
> effect as putting it into trunk nowadays), without us having to put an
> in-development engine right into trunk -- instead we could merge it only
> when we feel it is stable enough.
>
> In other words, if we were using git, life would be a lot easier for all
> and every 3rd party or under-development engine, and we could in exchange
> allow to wait a bit longer before putting something into the official
> mainline version of ScummVM.
>
> Bye,
> Max
>

The use of Git actually came up during my initial discussions with Sev. Of
course, the issue was where to install a Git server that could be private
and accessible to us, and who had the technical expertise to actually do it;
in the end we fell back on an already available private SVN repository.
Maybe it's worth considering as part of the plan to switchover to Git (since
I can't remember any mention of it) - arranging a secondary 'private' Git
repository for future private work on engines.

Speaking of which, there wasn't really any resolution to the question
earlier this year of setting up a private mailing list (or equivalent). It
is probably worth considering that again when doing the switchover, and
determining what should/can be done. Back when we were working on Tinsel, we
had some really good technical discussions on the engine, which I personally
feel it's a pity were never archived.

Regards,

Paul.
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