On Jul 9, 2008, at 1:26 AM, Mathieu Bouchard wrote: > On Wed, 9 Jul 2008, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote: >> On Jul 8, 2008, at 3:25 PM, Mathieu Bouchard wrote: >>> Because what if someone wants to make a branch out of all of the >>> stuff in pd/externals ... then pd/externals/gridflow won't be >>> branched, and that person won't be able to patch it. Well, there >>> are already branches like that, and the same applies to tags. I >>> thought that this is what Hans wanted me to understand but he >>> didn't explain it. In any case, this is what I eventually >>> understood from his original comment on svn:externals. >> That's a good reason, but I didn't realize it before. > > Ok, I really thought that this was THE reason you had in mind. > >> all of the repositories have to be working fine in order for it to >> work. For example, on svn:externals link had a invalid >> certificate, causing an error which broke the auto-build. Ok, so >> you can accept the cert permanently. > > That's a small thing in comparison, because you can get it fixed > quickly, whereas the only realistic thing to do with making a > branch over multiple repositories is to first copy the other > repositories into your home one, unless you do have accounts on all > of them... and if you do, then you have to branch on all > repositories separately, all of the time. Branches aren't added > that often, but tags are in the exact same situation. > >> But since it was a self-generated cert, there is a good chance of >> it being regenerated. > > I don't see why this would be happening any more often than a non- > self-generated cert... Anyway, gridflow.ca also uses a self- > generated cert, and yet I heard nothing about it. (What happened?)
Self-generated certs often have short expiration times. Also, people using self-generating certs often don't keep them up to date once they expire. But really, I think we don't know all of the possible problems. If we introduce new tools that can affect all devs, like svn:externals, then someone needs to take responsibility for fixing things that it breaks. If not, then that tool just becomes a bigger burden, rather than making things more efficient. .hc > > _ _ __ ___ _____ ________ _____________ _____________________ ... > | Mathieu Bouchard - tél:+1.514.383.3801, Montréal, Québec ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality and freedom for their spirits. - Martin Luther King, Jr. _______________________________________________ Pd-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-dev
