Hi Bram! On Fr, 14 Aug 2015, Bram Moolenaar wrote:
> > Christian Brabandt wrote: > > > On Do, 13 Aug 2015, Bram Moolenaar wrote: > > > > > Then, I want to check in a change to Google code only, that produces an > > > error when trying to build that version. This is because there is no > > > way to stop the Mercurial repository from serving, users who simply pull > > > there won't notice anything wrong (except not getting any more updates). > > > So you would need to halt your update script before that happens, and > > > sync from github. This *should* have the same version history then. > > > > I already sync from github ;) > > > > But if you check in an error to google code, that means, users won't be > > able to just switch the repository URL, because a commit would be > > missing? Can't we just keep the Google Code repository alone? It will be > > closed in January anyhow, so users should notice 4 month later when the > > urls won't work anymore. > > If it works better to have a linear sequence, we could checkin the > change to Google code, and then in the new repository revert it. Yes, that's what I am going to do. I will sync the broken commit and then revert it. After that the sync from the github repository should work. > The only problem with this is that there won't be a grace period, the > moment I do this everybody is forced to switch over. Hmm, unless I > delay pushing this change to Mercurial, which means I have to keep this > locally when converting to git. That would work. Just tell me, when you are going to do this. I will then reclone and setup everything afterwards. I need some time, in the evening next week would be good. > Problem with waiting is that users have no clue whatsoever why they are > not getting updates. Someone reading outdated instructions may think > this is still the official repository. Speaking of which, http://www.vim.org/develop.php needs to be adjusted. At the very least the new repository should be added But better would be to have a version, that explains how to work with git. And how to handle runtime patches should be explained as well. Best, Christian -- Anfrage an Radio Eriwan: "Wäre es möglich, daß man anstelle von J.F. Kennedy Nikita Chrustschow erschossen hätte?" Antwort: "Im Prinzip ja, aber es ist fraglich, ob Onassis die Witwe genommen hätte." -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
