Move to git is imminent - awaiting Stefan's approval

[esr@thyrsus.com (Eric S. Raymond)]

The thread on the git move proposal is showing signs of exhaustion and
terminal topic drift.  We can ask Karl Fogel for a poll count but I
think we all know how that would turn out; the pro-git vote has
been overwhelming.

I have asked Andreas Schwab and he reports the Savannah git mirror
ready for production use. Having examined it, I agree. Andreas and I
have discussed the switchover and believe it should consist of the
following steps:

1. Andreas will turn off bzr commit mirroring.

2. Andreas will enter a small documentation commit recording the changeover.

3. Andreas will announce on the dev list that the git repo is live for
   developer pushes.

4. I will do the work required to update /etc and /admin for git use
   over the following few days.

I am now recommending that Andreas perform steps 1-3 at his convenience, no
sooner than 2014-01-06T11:59:00  and no later than 2014-01-07T11:59:00 -
that is, sometime tomorrow.

Consideration of workflow changes is explicitly deferred. Developers
should continue writing ChangeLog entries as per established custom.

I want to extend a thank you to everyone who participated in the
debate, *including* the anti-git dissenters, for generally sticking to
real issues and maintaining civility.

Stefan, please either (a) confirm that you as the official maintainer
are authorizing this, or (b) put a hold on it and explain what 
additional steps or conditions you deem necessary before we move.
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