Re: libffi

2013-08-04 Thread Patrick Palka
I think the branch check should only be done when performing a pull command. That way one can still do ./sync-all fetch, ./sync-all diff, etc when on a separate branch. On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 9:59 PM, Erik de Castro Lopo mle...@mega-nerd.comwrote: Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: Simon

Re: Multiple repositories, submodules, subtrees and whatnot (Was: Re: libffi)

2013-08-04 Thread Niklas Larsson
Given the recent debate about using submodules or subtrees, and the occasional issues with sync-all: did anyone ever look into using the 'repo' tool? Created by Google for Android development (AFAIK), but also used by several other projects. See https://code.google.com/p/git-repo/ Con: - It

Re: Ian leaving and the glorious future

2013-08-04 Thread Duncan Coutts
On Fri, 2013-08-02 at 18:32 +, Simon Peyton-Jones wrote: Dear ghc-dev friends, Ian has now officially left Well Typed, so there now isn't anyone whose day job it is to respond to GHC bug mail, Trac tickets etc. Well Typed are hiring, and there will be someone new in due course, but

Re: libffi

2013-08-04 Thread Jan Stolarek
Better yet, the sync-all script should detect whether it is on master and error out (with a decent error message) if not. Why? I think it is behaving properly - it fetches master branch from the server and merges it into local master branch, just as expected. I imagine that switching to master