On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 15:22:55 -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Package: git > Version: 1:1.7.5.1-1 > Severity: wishlist > Tags: upstream > > Hi, > > As rfc2782 explains, SRV records allow administrators "to use serveral > servers for a single domain, to move services from host to host with > little fuss, and to designate some hosts as primary servers for a > service and others as backups". Julien Cristau noticed that in the > recent alioth move that second part would have been very handy (since > the git protocol doesn't include a concept of redirects). > > Sadly, getaddrinfo does not resolve SRV records automatically. > Pointers to a simple API that does not require linking to an > additional library (to avoid hurting git startup time) would be > welcome. A quick RFC on the git list (please cc Jeff, Ilari, Shawn, > and me when doing so) would also be very welcome. > I played with this a bit tonight, came up with http://people.debian.org/~jcristau/git-srv-hack.diff which seems to work for me. In case somebody wants to test/polish it up...
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