On Tue, 2003-06-24 at 21:19, José Fonseca wrote: > On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 08:44:32PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > On Tue, 2003-06-24 at 17:37, José Fonseca wrote: > > > I mentioned XFree86.org because (supposedly) it has the bandwith and > > > machine resources to host the DRI repository, and obviously XFree86 and > > > DRI are two very close entities. That being said, it would have to be in > > > a seperate CVS repository so that DRI project administrators could have > > > the same flexibility as in the SF project. Having the DRI repository as > > > branches in the main XFree86 CVS is an utopia, now and the foreseenable > > > future, IMO. > > > > Why, what else do we have now but branches of XFree86 CVS, except that > > they're in a different repository? > > You know very well that's not the issue. Which of the long inconclusive > threads on the XFree86 forum about CVS commit access did you forgot?
None, I hope. There seemed to be an agreement that more committers would be good, and a couple have been added already, including me. So I doubt it would be impossible if we can come up with a good plan. > > > But we really need to get a solution around the backup CVS server as it > > > really damages the beneficial intervention of non-commiters can have > > > since they are days behind what the commiters are doing. > > > > I wonder if it's really such a pressing problem though. > > Imagine you're working with somebody testing some code, but that person > has no CVS write access. After you checkin your changes what will you > gonna do: tell him to wait two or three days until the SF anonymous CVS > backup updates, or email him patches. Either way it sucks since it slows > development. Remote development is slow by definition. When I work on something I can't test myself, I usually have people test patches first and only then commit anything. Anyway, I'm not denying there's a problem, nevertheless I think we shouldn't rush for the first best alternative. We should take the time to determine the best solution. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer \ Debian (powerpc), XFree86 and DRI developer Software libre enthusiast \ http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: INetU Attention Web Developers & Consultants: Become An INetU Hosting Partner. Refer Dedicated Servers. We Manage Them. You Get 10% Monthly Commission! INetU Dedicated Managed Hosting http://www.inetu.net/partner/index.php _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
