On Mar 20, 2014, at 19:21, Eric Gallager wrote: >>> That said, a git/hg mirror on GitHub/ButBucket would definitely be nice. >> >> Why would that be nicer than the read-only git mirror that Mac OS Forge >> already provides here: >> >> http://www.macosforge.org/post/git-mirrors/ >> > Try to avoid thinking of it as "nicer than", but instead think of it as "a > nice addition to". The nice thing about distributed systems like git is that > it makes it easier to mirror a single mirror to multiple places. A git mirror > on GitHub could even be the exact same mirror as the one on MacOSForge is. > That is similar to how most of the mirrors on the GitHub-Mirrors account > work: https://github.com/mirrors (I think I mentioned that earlier in this > thread…)
Why is a github mirror of the git repository desirable? Why can’t users who want a git version of our repository use the one Mac OS Forge provides? Is it just to help users discover the existence of the repository or what? _______________________________________________ macports-dev mailing list macports-dev@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-dev
