We should probably put something like LLVM guys did in the project description instead of actually having the real description.
https://github.com/llvm-mirror/llvm > Mirror of official llvm git repository located at > http://llvm.org/git/llvm. Updated every five minutes. > http://llvm.org Cheers, Ivan Cheerio, Ivan -- KDE, ivan.cu...@kde.org, http://cukic.co/ gpg key id: 850B6F76 On 18 September 2015 at 23:09, Ben Cooksley <bcooks...@kde.org> wrote: > On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 9:06 AM, Jaroslaw Staniek <stan...@kde.org> wrote: >> On 18 September 2015 at 22:37, Ben Cooksley <bcooks...@kde.org> wrote: >>> On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 8:10 AM, Friedrich W. H. Kossebau >>> <kosse...@kde.org> wrote: >>>> Hi, >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>>> >>>> Am Freitag, 18. September 2015, 17:12:12 schrieb Boudhayan Gupta: >>>>> Ladies and gentlemen, as you read this mail github.com/kde is being >>>>> populated by the initial sync of all repositories. >>>> >>>> Pardon for the late input, missed the dynamic of the people behind this >>>> idea >>>> (and actually expected it would be shot down, at least to me it seems not a >>>> good idea to add value to a proprietary platform by also adding our source >>>> code there). >>>> >>>> Can we please only mirror those projects whose maintainers are okay with >>>> the >>>> added workload due to another public interface which allows interaction >>>> from >>>> 3rd-party? Too many people will not get that this is only a mirror, even if >>>> you put it in bold there. Or worse, not accept it is a mirror, because >>>> their >>>> time is more valueable than the time of the maintainers of course. >>>> >>>> I have no time (and actually also no interest) to care for people poking >>>> via >>>> github (incl. the time needed to redirect them to the real official KDE >>>> infrastructure and any bad vibrations because having to argue why I/we do >>>> not >>>> support github really). Other people might have that time and interest, so >>>> their decision. >>>> But I don't. I joined KDE for some reason and am doing my FLOSS software >>>> development here, because of certain values. >>>> Same would be true for sourceforge.net, gitlab.com, code.google.com (okay, >>>> dead) or whereever else some people think we should mirror because it's >>>> where >>>> "the people" are currently. >>>> >>>> So as maintainer I would like to have at least the repos of Okteta, >>>> libkoralle, cagibi removed from the official KDE github page. >>> >>> Sorry, but an incomplete mirror would cost additional effort to >>> maintain, as sysadmin would have to maintain a list of repositories >>> which were blacklisted. >>> Note that because a chunk of the code that drives this is in bash, it >>> is not easy to create such a list easily. >>> >>> Additionally, an incomplete mirror would be confusing to those who >>> expect the mirror to be complete - so this blacklist would result in >>> Sysadmin receving queries of "why isn't this repository on Github?". >>> >> >> Wouldn't lack of opt-in from Friedrich just mean that the bot will be >> enabled with a friendly note (i.e. the default)? >> Allright, he (and his projects' members) won't be 'spammed'. >> >>> I suggest you instead put a clear notice in the README file noting >>> that patches and other code contributions should be submitted via our >>> usual infrastructure. >> >> This addition to README.md could be hopefully scripted in a clever way >> as we have so many projects. >> Myself I use README.md files for some time as KF5 do, so replacing >> these a whole README.md with a standard disclaimer is not an option; >> just saying, I know you did not mean replacing of couse. >> I'd welcome a nicely crafted template. > > +1. Note that Phabricator, once we roll it out will also display the > content of README.md files - so please ensure such a template is > crafted in such a way that people can clearly understand what is meant > if they're browsing the repository via Phabricator in the future. > >> >> -- >> regards, Jaroslaw Staniek > > Thanks, > Ben > >> >> KDE: >> : A world-wide network of software engineers, artists, writers, translators >> : and facilitators committed to Free Software development - http://kde.org >> Calligra Suite: >> : A graphic art and office suite - http://calligra.org >> Kexi: >> : A visual database apps builder - http://calligra.org/kexi >> Qt Certified Specialist: >> : http://www.linkedin.com/in/jstaniek >> _______________________________________________ >> kde-community mailing list >> kde-community@kde.org >> https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-community > _______________________________________________ > kde-community mailing list > kde-community@kde.org > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-community _______________________________________________ kde-community mailing list kde-community@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-community