You haven't only written the code but you've also setup a whole
infrastructure. Would you mind trying to pass it over or migrate it,
maybe not leaving completely but letting others do some of the
annoying
admin-related tasks?
Both is possible - there are two VMs, one with the repository and the
release infrastructure, one with the autobuilder, and it would be easy
to migrate it somewhere else. It's also possible to leave it where it
is if only someone else takes over the leadership of the project, and
invests time to renew it. (My problem is only that I don't have the
energy anymore to run it, but if I can help with computing resources it
would be a pleasure.)
I also believe "pinning" is a bad idea in general: it picks bits and
pieces of software from different timeframes. It will work for
exceptional cases but otherwise you end up with an exponential
explosion
of combinations of versions that haven't been tested together.
Well, there is in deed one good use: imagine you have a group of people
needing to use exactly the same versions. So you basically freeze the
versions at one point in time, knowing that they work well together. If
you need newer versions, you move the "pin" together (or update the
same set of local patches). Ideally, you can also create fresh
installation with the pinned versions. GODI supports this for some time
now (although by editing files only, but I guess this is ok for a
group, say a team in a company).
There could be a git branch or a git repo for stable stuff along with
the development tree. Citrix already does that and others already do
that too. Which means that there are several parallel distributions
and
that has its drawbacks too.
Yes, you can emulate this with git.
Gerd
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Creator of GODI and camlcity.org.
Contact details: http://www.camlcity.org/contact.html
Company homepage: http://www.gerd-stolpmann.de
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