how did I know this would cause fun :)
Vladimir Marek wrote:
>> More information about the gate itself will appear when it is pulled
>> out of thin air... I mean when it reveals itself in a dream... no I
>> mean when we have figured that out completely. It's not just being
>> made up as I go, honest. :)
>
> Are there any sketchups already ? There's one thing we have been
> discussing here in Prague - the repository size.
yes that has been a concern (even with teamware, though partial
bringovers can help there).
> The files could be easily made available through http or ftp server
> instead. It would require change to build scripts thought. Every
> 'program' or 'library' would need to download the source first.
Long ago I tried a simple makefile change which (with limited testing)
cached the tar files in your workspace after downloading them (well,
it used nfs but a script could download). My fear there was that
I don't want adding more ways the build can fail because the download
site is down/unreachable. And though that site would probably be
on opensolaris.org where we'd keep all the tar files to make sure
they don't disappear and that builds aren't subject to 56 different
ftp sites staying up all the time, that turns one putback into two -
first drop your tar file in, then you can putback - and that worries
me. But perhaps I'm the only one.
> If we would find this change appealing, it would be better to do it
> before transition to mercurial, or we will have to rebuild the
> repository twice. (once for temware -> hg conversion, and once to get
> rid of unnecessary sources from hg)
If you want to do that, hash it out here and go for it. I am happy
to just be another consumer of the gate and not involved in this
transition at all :) My concerns are failed builds and now having
to coordinate two putbacks (and that not involving me having to
wake up at 3am to copy someones tar file :).
In that case, ignore my 102 target and go figure out your target :)
>
>> And just in case - I know little about mercurial so far as well,
>> so asking me questions is unlikely to get you answers. A better bet
>> is to look through the docs as much as you can and then possibly
>> ask questions on scm-migration-dev at opensolaris.org (or sfwnv-discuss
>> perhaps).
>
> As I act as local 'scm expert' (whatever you imagine behind the title
> :)) I might help here.
cool.
Mike
