On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 03:06:02PM +0800, Bean wrote: > > Hi, > > I take a quick look at bazaar, it seems to be working fine. However, > if we are to use bazaar, I suggest we host the project at launchpad, > for several reasons: > > Launchpad have a nice web interface. > > Launchpad can build ubuntu package from source code. > > Like GITHUB, launchpad allows users to fork the project and work on > user branch. This is important for big patch as it usually go through > several few steps before completion. > > We might want to create a unified repo for grub and grub-extra. As > grub doesn't support external module building, split it in two parts > is not convenient for both developer and user. Therefore, we can > maintain an unified source tree in the experimental repo, and push > patch to the corresponding project when applied upstream. > > We don't want to mix bug report for experiential feature with official > grub2. Launchpad has its own bug tracking system, we can use it to > process bug report concerning the experimental branch.
I've to go soon and can go in more detail later, but user branches work fine. I put two of my local patchsets there just a few minutes ago, check http://bzr.savannah.gnu.org/lh/grub/people/robertmh/. I think building deb from snapshots of this experimental branch is a good idea, and it can be done in any place you see fit, BUT if a proprietary solution is used, the GNU project can't endorse those (e.g. we wouldn't link to them). I haven't followed the latest developments on which parts of Launchpad have been liberated. In any case, if this turns out to be a problem I can assist with the deb-building process (I got almost a decade of experience with it). GRUB does support external module building, but it's very impractical. This is why in Debian we opted for integrating grub-extras at source level, which is also more solid (no need for ABI checks). I intend to make it easier for external source modules to be integrated into GRUB without need for patching anything, but I haven't found the time to do this (maybe later this weekend). As for bug reports, due to the nature of an experimental branch I don't expect they will be very common. Anyhow, I'll have a look at Savannah BTS' versioning capabilities. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all." _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
