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From: Alec Warner <antarus@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Portage Git migration - clean cut or git-cvsserver
Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 11:08:28
Message-Id: CAAr7Pr-d8ObZwPhfFSCSzaFBowoh4vUe4mEMbM6gPeMJCb-WAw@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Portage Git migration - clean cut or git-cvsserver by Kent Fredric
1 On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 8:47 AM, Kent Fredric <kentfredric@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > On 25 May 2012 18:12, Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> wrote:
3 >>
4 >> Actually, Alec's question is not so far-fetched. The Gentoo Social
5 >> Contract says that Gentoo will never depend upon a piece of software
6 >> unless it is open source.
7 >>
8 >
9 > Though in the case of github, gentoo is not "depending upon it".
10 > Github could die in a ball of fire, and it wouldn't change the core
11 > development, it would only change the development for the people who
12 > elected to use github.
13
14 This thread has had many suggestions about how things might be laid
15 out. For instance I think it would be against our social contract to
16 host the master git tree on github as someone suggested earlier in the
17 thread. My intent was mostly to keep the contract in mind when coming
18 up with such solutions.
19
20 >
21 > Anyone can use any git platform that competes with github, be it
22 > bitbucket, gitorious, or a private git server they created.
23 >
24 > Github is just a convenient go-to service for many.
25 >
26 > --
27 > Kent
28 >
29 > perl -e  "print substr( \"edrgmaM  SPA NOcomil.ic\\@tfrken\", \$_ * 3,
30 > 3 ) for ( 9,8,0,7,1,6,5,4,3,2 );"
31 >
32 > http://kent-fredric.fox.geek.nz
33 >