[ncc-services-wg] Pre-PDP discussion: "All published documents and PDPs are maintained with git"

Dear all,

this is the fourth suggestion:


  All RIPE documents are made available by means of a git repository,
both via anonymous pull and via a web interface. The read-only access
is open to everyone, RIPE member or not.
  Within RIPE, this git repository is the canonical place for all
published documents. All published documents are copied from it.

  All PDPs will be maintained as a separate branch. Every new version
of a PDP is an update within that branch. The branch will either be
merged back into master or left unmerged but intact, depending on if
they are accepted or not.
  Old documents and PDPs, if still on record, will be put into
separate branches that reflect correct history. The master branch is
then merged into old history, creating one single history. This will
happen one year after this policy comes into effect at the latest.

  If the proposal "All PDP emails, documents and websites should come
with unified diff" is accepted, all diffs will be generated from git.


Rationale: git is here to stay, it's highly efficient, allows off-line
work, and has generally won the fight for version control systems in
the foreseeable future. Not relying on technical tools which were
created with ever-chaning text files in mind is inefficient at best.

I offer to help maintain said git repository pro bono for at least 12
months or until the history has been merged, whichever is later.


Richard

PS: Think of those five emails as a patchset ;)