On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 7:53 PM, Daniel Herring <dherr...@tentpost.com>wrote:
> On Sat, 31 Mar 2012, Liam Healy wrote: > > The CFFI web page > http://common-lisp.net/**project/cffi/<http://common-lisp.net/project/cffi/>points > to the git repository >> http://common-lisp.net/gitweb?**p=projects/cffi/cffi.git<http://common-lisp.net/gitweb?p=projects/cffi/cffi.git>, >> but that is no longer the official git repository for CFFI, it is on github >> now. The cl.net >> repo is severely out of date (master looks OK, but the fsbv branch is >> ancient and libffi doesn't even show). The web page should point to >> github, and the cl.net repo should either be deleted or synced up with >> github. >> > > Would it be possible for you to get push access to cl.net, rather than > having the rest of us start following a different repository? > I do have an account on cl.net, so if the CFFI maintainers want to set it up this way, I can certainly push to cl.net; it makes no difference to me. I was stating what I understand to be an official decision about using github, which happened some time ago. The rest of your message arguing about whether or not github is a good idea is not for me to weigh in on; that is for Luis and the other maintainers of CFFI to address. I was just pointing out the unsynchronized nature of the repositories and lack of consistency in what people see. > > I understand Zach's post recommending Github; but unfortunately Github > encourages a fractured community, leading to messages like yours (hey > everybody, look over here) and almost caracitured by Cyrus. > > http://cyrusharmon.org/blog/**display?id=121<http://cyrusharmon.org/blog/display?id=121> > > > Installing gitolite on cl.net would make git hosting much easier for end > users to manage. Keeping everything in one place, where trusted admins can > add and remove users, should be more conducive to community development. > > Imagine if SBCL changed repositories or even websites depending on whether > Christophe or Juho was rolling the release... Stability and predictability > are virtues. > > - Daniel >
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