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From: Matthew Thode <prometheanfire@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Portage Git migration - clean cut or git-cvsserver
Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 13:32:59
Message-Id: 4FBCE69F.10307@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Portage Git migration - clean cut or git-cvsserver by Johannes Huber
1 On 05/23/2012 07:54 AM, Johannes Huber wrote:
2 > Am Mittwoch 23 Mai 2012, 14:42:37 schrieb Michael Weber:
3 > Hi,
4 >
5 > i've looked at the blockers of "[TRACKER] portage migration to git"
6 > [1] and want to discuss "testing git-cvsserver" [2].
7 >
8 > There are two proposed scenarios how to migrate the developers write
9 > access to the portage tree.
10 >
11 > "Clean cut" turns of cvs access on a given and announced timestamp,
12 > rsync-generation/updates is suspended (no input -> no changes), some
13 > magic scripts prepare the git repo (according to [3], some hours
14 > duration) and we all checkout the tree (might be some funny massive load).
15 >
16 > "testing git-cvsserver" proses "Clean cut" with the additional ability
17 > to continue using cvs update/commit, - in best case - on the old
18 > checkout w/o alteration on the developers side.
19 >
20 > "Clean cut" forces us to clean up out dirty checkouts (I have some
21 > added directories, added ebuilds i hesitated to `repoman commit`).
22 > Plus we have to alter all our hot-wired portage mangling scripts from
23 > cvs'ish to git'ish (I use my read/write checkout as portage tree (cvs
24 > checkout + egencache for checkout) and have an automated google-chrome
25 > bump script). But this can be accomplished on a per developer basis,
26 > and slackers don't stall the process.
27 >
28 > "testing git-cvsserver" forces us all to test these cvs'ish scripts
29 > and behaviours against a git-cvsserver and report.
30 > We all know that this test-runs will never happen, stalling this bug
31 > till infinity.
32 > Plus infra/"subset of devs marshalling the migration" get stuck
33 > between fixing git issues and git-cvsserver.
34 >
35 > *if you still read this* *wow*
36 >
37 > Please discuss my arguments and come to the conclusions to
38 > RESO/WONT-FIX "testing git-cvsserver", make a "clean cut" and remove
39 > this bug from the blockers of "[TRACKER] portage migration to git".
40 >
41 > My lengthy 2 cents.
42 >
43 > [1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/333531
44 > [2] https://bugs.gentoo.org/333699
45 > [3] https://bugs.gentoo.org/333705#c2
46 >
47 > I support RESOLUTION WONTFIX, if nobody cares about the bug since it was
48 > opened it is obvious out of interest. There is no reason to support jurassic
49 > software.
50 >
51 > Clean cut++
52 >
53 > Cheers
54
55 clean-cut++
56
57 --
58 -- Matthew Thode (prometheanfire)

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