On Wed, 2008-11-19 at 19:20 +0000, Alan Burlison wrote:
> Sebastien Roy wrote:
> 
> > I'm just getting around to reading this.  Here are some suggestions:
> > 
> > 1. Ability to clone a repository that is hosted on the same site.  For
> > example it's very wasteful in terms of time and network resources to
> > have to transfer all of onnv across the internet twice in order to
> > create a project repository when it can be cloned locally on
> > opensolaris.org...
> 
> Yes, that's on the RFE list.  The version Martin is working on is step 1 
> - reimplementing the current interface.  Subsequent phases will address 
> the RFEs.

Okay.

> > 2. UNIX shell access with restricted access to tools used to manage
> > repositories.  This could satisfy (1) if there's no web interface for
> > (1).
> 
> That's too much of a security hole.

That disappoints me slightly, but oh well.  I can deal if my 1, 3, and 4
are implemented.

> > 3. Ability to delete and rename repositories.  If you have (2), then you
> > don't necessarily need this, depending on how much infrastructure is
> > used to keep track of repos on the site...  Having options to do this
> > from the web interface would be very useful (and it looks like is an
> > often requested feature).
> 
> Again, these are all on the RFE list.  other RFEs include the ability to 
>   export/import repositories.

Sounds good, I can't wait for these RFEs to be implemented. :-)

Thanks,
-Seb



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