Re: [OT?] git tools at SourceForge ?

2005-08-12 Thread Junio C Hamano
Wolfgang Denk [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Has anybody any information if SourceForge is going to provide git / cogito / ... for the projects they host? I asked SF, and they openend a new Feature Request (item #1252867); the message I received sounded as if I was the first person on the planet

Re: [OT?] git tools at SourceForge ?

2005-08-12 Thread Daniel Barkalow
On Fri, 12 Aug 2005, Wolfgang Denk wrote: This is somewhat off topic here, so I apologize, but I didn't know any better place to ask: Has anybody any information if SourceForge is going to provide git / cogito / ... for the projects they host? I asked SF, and they openend a new Feature

Re: [OT?] git tools at SourceForge ?

2005-08-12 Thread Kirby C. Bohling
On Fri, Aug 12, 2005 at 04:46:34PM -0400, Daniel Barkalow wrote: On Fri, 12 Aug 2005, Wolfgang Denk wrote: This is somewhat off topic here, so I apologize, but I didn't know any better place to ask: Has anybody any information if SourceForge is going to provide git / cogito / ...

Re: [OT?] git tools at SourceForge ?

2005-08-12 Thread Marco Costalba
Wolfgang Denk wrote: This is somewhat off topic here, so I apologize, but I didn't know any better place to ask: Has anybody any information if SourceForge is going to provide git / cogito / ... for the projects they host? I asked SF, and they openend a new Feature Request (item #1252867);

Re: [OT?] git tools at SourceForge ?

2005-08-12 Thread Wolfgang Denk
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] you wrote: The git architecture makes the central server less important, and it's easy to run your own. Also, kernel.org is providing space to a set of Yes, cou can - but for a popular project like U-Boot in our case you don't really want to ;-) people with

Re: [OT?] git tools at SourceForge ?

2005-08-12 Thread Linus Torvalds
On Fri, 12 Aug 2005, Daniel Barkalow wrote: The git architecture makes the central server less important, and it's easy to run your own. On the other hand: - the git architecture is admirably suited to an _untrusted_ central server, ie exactly the SourceForge kind of setup. I realize

Re: [OT?] git tools at SourceForge ?

2005-08-12 Thread Martin Langhoff
I don't think he wants sourceforge to host git, I think he'd like sourceforge to provide access to source trees via git, instead of cvs. Read that as, I want to do: Correct, that's what I am looking for. My hope is that if enough people ask SF might actually provide such a service.

Re: [OT?] git tools at SourceForge ?

2005-08-12 Thread Daniel Barkalow
On Fri, 12 Aug 2005, Linus Torvalds wrote: And it's possible that git usage won't expand all that much either. But quite frankly, I think git is a lot better than CVS (or even SVN) by now, and I wouldn't be surprised if it started getting some use outside of the git-only and kernel projects

Re: [OT?] git tools at SourceForge ?

2005-08-12 Thread Martin Langhoff
- the git architecture is admirably suited to an _untrusted_ central server, ie exactly the SourceForge kind of setup. I realize that the Definitely. And beyond that too. Using SF for CVS means that when SF's CVS service is down (often enough) you can't commit (or even fscking diff) until

Re: [OT?] git tools at SourceForge ?

2005-08-12 Thread Linus Torvalds
On Sat, 13 Aug 2005, Martin Langhoff wrote: Yes, developers can just merge with each other directly I take it that you mean an exchange of patches that does not depend on having public repos. What are the mechanisms available on that front, other than patchbombs? Just have a shared