+1 On Wed, 12 Dec 2018 at 16:42 Richard Downer <[email protected]> wrote:
> Brooklyn team, > > Apart from myself, I don't think anyone has clearly come out in favour or > opposed to this. I'd rather we got consensus and moved to gitbox early - so > that if some people do object, we have time to work out the objections with > infra, before we are involuntarily moved. > > Thoughts, anyone? Does this need a formal vote to get people responding? > > Richard. > > > On Fri, 7 Dec 2018 at 16:54, Daniel Gruno <[email protected]> wrote: > > > [IF YOUR PROJECT DOES NOT HAVE GIT REPOSITORIES ON GIT-WIP-US PLEASE > > DISREGARD THIS EMAIL; IT WAS MASS-MAILED TO ALL APACHE PROJECTS] > > > > Hello Apache projects, > > > > I am writing to you because you may have git repositories on the > > git-wip-us server, which is slated to be decommissioned in the coming > > months. All repositories will be moved to the new gitbox service which > > includes direct write access on github as well as the standard ASF > > commit access via gitbox.apache.org. > > > > ## Why this move? ## > > The move comes as a result of retiring the git-wip service, as the > > hardware it runs on is longing for retirement. In lieu of this, we > > have decided to consolidate the two services (git-wip and gitbox), to > > ease the management of our repository systems and future-proof the > > underlying hardware. The move is fully automated, and ideally, nothing > > will change in your workflow other than added features and access to > > GitHub. > > > > ## Timeframe for relocation ## > > Initially, we are asking that projects voluntarily request to move > > their repositories to gitbox, hence this email. The voluntary > > timeframe is between now and January 9th 2019, during which projects > > are free to either move over to gitbox or stay put on git-wip. After > > this phase, we will be requiring the remaining projects to move within > > one month, after which we will move the remaining projects over. > > > > To have your project moved in this initial phase, you will need: > > > > - Consensus in the project (documented via the mailing list) > > - File a JIRA ticket with INFRA to voluntarily move your project repos > > over to gitbox (as stated, this is highly automated and will take > > between a minute and an hour, depending on the size and number of > > your repositories) > > > > To sum up the preliminary timeline; > > > > - December 9th 2018 -> January 9th 2019: Voluntary (coordinated) > > relocation > > - January 9th -> February 6th: Mandated (coordinated) relocation > > - February 7th: All remaining repositories are mass migrated. > > > > This timeline may change to accommodate various scenarios. > > > > ## Using GitHub with ASF repositories ## > > When your project has moved, you are free to use either the ASF > > repository system (gitbox.apache.org) OR GitHub for your development > > and code pushes. To be able to use GitHub, please follow the primer > > at: https://reference.apache.org/committer/github > > > > > > We appreciate your understanding of this issue, and hope that your > > project can coordinate voluntarily moving your repositories in a > > timely manner. > > > > All settings, such as commit mail targets, issue linking, PR > > notification schemes etc will automatically be migrated to gitbox as > > well. > > > > With regards, Daniel on behalf of ASF Infra. > > > > PS:For inquiries, please reply to [email protected], not your > > project's dev list :-). > > > > > > > -- Duncan Grant Software Engineer *Cloudsoft <https://cloudsoft.io/> *| Bringing Business to the Cloud Need a hand with AWS? Get a Free Consultation. <https://go.cloudsoft.io/healthcheck/>
