On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 9:57 AM, Assaf Arkin <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 1:52 AM, Martijn Dashorst < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Please note, that I am fan of github. I'd wish Apache would have the >> same infrastructure as github. It would give the ASF Community a real >> sparkle: the social aspects of github are really nice. > > > I think Apache should stay out of the infrastructure business altogether. > They should provide only the bare minimum that is necessary to follow the > Apache Way. They do it with email, they give you an address but no email > client; mailing lists are hosted by Apache, but many people use far better > archives to access them (nibble, markmail, etc); projects can run their own > build or CI servers, etc. Same with source control: they should host the > licensed and reviewed contributions repositories, and let people figure out > the UI on their own. Then we could use a hosted service like Github, which > is not something Apache can provide, and the infrastructure pain for Apache > will drop, since very few people will be hammering their Git repo (mostly > committers and CI). > Speaking of, now that we're top-level and know our mailing lists, would be cool to point people at usable mailing list archives (i.e. not Apaches). Any recommendations? Assaf > > Assaf > > > >> >> >> Martijn >> >> On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Martijn Dashorst >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I've read it, and have problems understanding what you mean by main >> > repository then? >> > >> > Nowhere in Vic's message do I see a synchronization step where commits >> > end up in svn? >> > >> > Martijn >> > >> > On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 10:17 AM, Assaf Arkin <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 1:07 AM, Martijn Dashorst < >> [email protected] >> >>> wrote: >> >> >> >>> On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 1:34 AM, Assaf Arkin <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> > I'm with you in using Github as the main repository: >> >>> >> >>> As an ASF Member I must protest against the direction that you are >> >>> taking this project. GitHub can not be used as the main repository for >> >>> any ASF Project. The canonical resource for Apache project's code must >> >>> be hosted on Apache hardware. Since the only repository that is >> >>> supported by Infrastructure is SVN, you'll have to maintain the >> >>> primary source for your project *in* SVN. Not somewhere else, not >> >>> bypassing ASF authorizations, not bypassing Apache policy. >> >>> >> >> >> >> Since when have we not made Buildr code available through SVN? >> >> >> >> You're reading my comment sans context. You have to start with Vic's >> email >> >> to which I'm replying. >> >> >> >> Assaf >> >> >> >> >> >>> >> >>> Martijn >> >>> >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Become a Wicket expert, learn from the best: http://wicketinaction.com >> > Apache Wicket 1.3.5 is released >> > Get it now: http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/wicket/1.3. >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Become a Wicket expert, learn from the best: http://wicketinaction.com >> Apache Wicket 1.3.5 is released >> Get it now: http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/wicket/1.3. >> > >
