On Thu, 24 May 2012 22:17:20 +1200 Kent Fredric <kentfred...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 24 May 2012 09:48, Michael Weber <x...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA256 > > > > On 05/23/2012 11:14 PM, Dan Douglas wrote: > >> On Wednesday, May 23, 2012 04:47:04 PM Robin H. Johnson wrote: > >>> 2. rsync generation is NOT going away. Users will still be using > >>> it. > > > > First, I'd stick with the current rsync to spread the tree (mirror > > work and mirrors+regular rsync users shouldn't notice any backend > > switch at all). > > > > > >> Would users have a way of gaining read-only access? This would be > >> EXTREMELY helpful. > > Sure, this would be possible like any other git checkout > > (layman-git-overlays, github.com, etc.). > > > > Please compare (browsing source and access description) > > http://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/ > > http://git-exp.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=exp/gentoo-x86.git > > > > > > - -- > > Gentoo Dev > > http://xmw.de/ > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) > > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > > > iF4EAREIAAYFAk+9W0EACgkQknrdDGLu8JADaQD+KC6cLJ5LqpNrKkNEBT1kAvJW > > xn+ZcfcMGJzc8GPyQZAA/jKug+5/DlDAHVGBIjAJOi9xf4EFqroL4eyPY8SD2neh > > =dvFZ > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > I think there should most definitely be an official github mirror of > the main tree, just a "read-only" mirror from githubs perspective. > > Just how to best do the mirroring is the question > > a) Replicate to github when a user does 'push' with a server-side > push hook? ( Downside: if github goes down, gentoo devs will see it > when they push, and pushing takes longer because the output from the > replicated push is delivered to the original dev ) > > b) Daemonized hook that monitors for changes in the master repo, and > replicates commits to github after each push > > c) Tie it with the rsync tree building system so every time the tree > is built for rsync clients, the master is replicated to github. d) Talk with github folks to add our repo as 'mirror'. -- Best regards, Michał Górny
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