quick note on git and a question

[Marco Martin]

On Wednesday 01 December 2010, Ian Monroe wrote:
> So as was discussed on IRC last week, I'm going to be working on
> converting kdelibs and kdebase to git. 1 repo for kdelibs and 3 for
> kdebase (workspace, runtime, apps). My goal is to have it done this
> month.
> 
> The goal is to have as accurate and complete history as possible
> (while not letting perfection be the enemy of good). That might be a
> bit complicated due to all the moves plasma went through, especially
> in the early 4.0 timeframe. You all know kdebase the best so I'll be
> asking for your help.
> 
> One question I have is, especially in light of the three requested
> repos for kdebase, do we want pre-4.0 history in git? KOffice
> specifically wants their 'deep history', but it might be less useful
> for kdebase due to the huge amount of redesign.

i agree also that at least in our pieces of plasma scattered around svn, 
having a eally old history doesn't sounds useful enough to justify the burden.
so going back ~4.2 is fine

Cheers,
Marco Martin