On Fri, May 19, 2006 at 02:32:13PM -0700, Donnie Berkholz wrote: > Robin H. Johnson wrote: > > On Fri, May 19, 2006 at 09:08:08AM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > >> On Fri, May 19, 2006 at 01:45:30PM +0200, Fernando J. Pereda wrote: > >>> Also, git-sources *should* use this eclass once it is in the tree since > >>> people using it will save _lots_ of bandwidth and disk space. > >> Yes, I'll convert it over once you feel it is ready, just let me know. > > I'd like to voice an objection to converting git-sources using a > > git.eclass and performing live fetching. > > > > This takes away the ability to use to existing git snapshots when there > > is no or minimal network connectivity. > > I'm not sure I understand. If you have enough connectivity to get a > snapshot to the machine, why wouldn't you have enough to get a .git/ to it? Simple case - consider a disconnected machine, that you use sneakernet to get files to - I've had a few in the past where the hardware was new enough that networking was broken or not supported yet, and I had to try a few patches and snapshots before actually getting it to work.
Another case might be a machine where HTTP/FTP access is allowed out via a filter proxy, but not anything else (I've had a few cases like this in doing Gentoo consulting). -- Robin Hugh Johnson E-Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] GnuPG FP : 11AC BA4F 4778 E3F6 E4ED F38E B27B 944E 3488 4E85
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