Am 13.06.2018 um 00:24 schrieb Chris Johns: > On 12/06/2018 17:45, Christian Mauderer wrote: >> Am 12.06.2018 um 09:29 schrieb Chris Johns: >>> On 12/06/2018 17:18, Christian Mauderer wrote: >>>> Am 12.06.2018 um 07:08 schrieb Chris Johns: >>>>> On 09/06/2018 02:45, Christian Mauderer wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Did you also note Gedares suggestion to move the rtems_waf.git to the >>>>>> public repos? Maybe that would be a good idea. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Yes I did and it is a good idea. I have move the repo to the top level and >>>>> updated cgit's config so it is viewable. >>>>> >>>>> Will need to update the repos that include this. Please consider the >>>>> changes to >>>>> do that pre-approved. >>>> >>>> This change will make it necessary to do a `git submodule sync` for >>>> every user in the affected repositories. So maybe it would be a good >>>> time to think about another point to avoid a second sync: >>>> >>>> Do we want to keep the absolute URL or do we want to use relative URLs? >>>>> The first one has a longer backward compatibility (relative URLs are >>>> there since 2007: https://github.com/git/git/commit/f31a522a2d which >>>> should be somewhere between git 1.5 and git 1.6). >>>> >>>> The second one would allow mirrors that use a mirrored sub-repository too. >>>> >>> >>> What do you think we should do? >> >> My first guess would have been to use relative URLs. But after I've seen >> that this feature is there only since 2012 (1.7.12) (see second mail) >> I'm not so sure anymore. >> >> It seems that there are not too much active distributions left that have >> a git < 1.7.12 in the latest release: >> >> https://distrowatch.com/search.php?pkg=git&relation=less&pkgver=1.7.12&distrorange=InLatest#pkgsearch >> >> But on the other hand for example CentOS 6 (which is one of the longest >> supported distributions I know of) still has a git 1.7.1. And I would >> expect that this is a distribution that has the potential to be used as >> a build machine quite often. >> >> So also relative modules would be a good idea, maybe we should wait for >> something around two or three more years (CentOS 6 runs out of support >> in 11/2020). > > This makes sense. Thanks.
OK. I'll have a look at all repos in the next few days where the submodule is used and change the URL. I'll post a message to the mailing lists as soon as it is done to inform the user that a "git submodule sync" fixes the address. > >> >>> >>>> By the way: Shouldn't the rtems_waf be mirrored on github too? I think >>>> most core-repositories are. >>> >>> Yes it would be good to have the repo mirrored on git. It is one of the >>> hooks in >>> list that does this. Anyone with commit access should be able to edit the >>> hooks >>> and change this. >> >> But most likely someone belonging to the github RTEMS group has to >> create it there first, right? >> > > I suppose so, I do not know. I am a novice github user. Sebastian? > I'll ask him. But I think that is quite independent of the URL change. > Chris > -- -------------------------------------------- embedded brains GmbH Herr Christian Mauderer Dornierstr. 4 D-82178 Puchheim Germany email: christian.maude...@embedded-brains.de Phone: +49-89-18 94 741 - 18 Fax: +49-89-18 94 741 - 08 PGP: Public key available on request. Diese Nachricht ist keine geschäftliche Mitteilung im Sinne des EHUG. _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@rtems.org http://lists.rtems.org/mailman/listinfo/devel