On 08/06/2013 05:15 PM, Kenneth Hoste wrote: > > This does seem a right solution for Rgputools, just use the (short) commit ID > as a versionsuffix, and add a comment why we're doing it (because we know > particular versions change code over time). > > Do you need to use the long commit ID in the download URL, or does it also > work with the 5-6 character short-hand? works with shorthands, as long as they are unique... > >>> Another way would be to put everything on github, and use this for our >>> mirroring, >>> we can fork existing projects that are already on github, and upload >>> sources from freely attributable software to some central repo. >>> That is, we quickly need github support in easybuild then. :-p >> I recall reading somewhere that github is not meant for above 1GB unless you >> ask permission etc. >> The compilers already would exceed that or simply make it too clumsy. >> For smaller bits though it might fly (but I still think of it, honestly, >> with a "hm") > Also: pushing binary stuff in a git repo isn't exactly how it's intended to > be used. > > > K. No, the point is we can actually put the source code in, as github is intended, to host source code, and let EB do a git checkout (or use the archive function) , these tarballs are just an intermediary we don't _really_ need.
But we do not need to parasite on github when we can set up a nice mirror hosted by one or more of our institutions... This was just posted as a possible alternative. Regards Jens Timmerman
