Re: Plugins feature for yaird.
On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 02:18:14AM +0100, Erik van Konijnenburg wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 12, 2005 at 11:55:37AM +0100, Marco Amadori wrote:
> > Another question, could you use already setup svn for yaird? there is already
> > a yaird subversion repo in d-i alioth svn.
>
> As Sven noted, that's part of kernel tree; it includes the debian parts,
> not only the core.
>
> At the moment, I'm using TLA for development on a machine behind a proxy.
>
> Options:
> * I can mirror the TLA history to a public site quickly;
> this format is designed to make it easy to work in a distributed manner:
> produce patches for dmraid that can be incorporated upstream real simple,
> build adapted versions with bug fixes and debian control files.
> You can start your own archive based on the original; you archive
> will have no limitations that the original doesn't have.
>
> * Migrate to bazaar-ng. This has the same advantages as TLA,
> plus the user interface is easier to get started with.
> It would mean a loss of history though, haven't got the tailor tool
> working properly. Plus, it claims to be only a beta, with a format
> upgrade planned somewhere around 1.0. And it would take me a bit more
> testing to publish, I haven't studied bazaar-ng in depth.
> (Then again, yaird does not yet claim stable status either,
> bazaar-ng is selfhosting and it's used heavily in ubuntu.)
>
> * Migrate to SVN. Uhm, back to the centralised model,
> it's a less than completely irresistible option.
> Perhaps the tailor package could create a gateway ...
>
> The quickest way to make a repository available would be for me to mirror
> the TLA archive; this has zero information loss due to migration, so it's
> easy to switch to something better once that becomes available.
Once Jonas sets up the alioth account he has been speaking of, he can ask for
a TLA archive there, and you can just put your stuff in it i suppose. I
personally prefer the simpolicity of SVN over TLA, but i guess the distributed
nature of TLA has its advantages.
/me is using darcs locally here for this reason too.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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