Hello everyone,
I've been implementing changes in httpup to allow syncronisation of subtrees of a repository and found out that it might be an option for us to get packages from external packagers into the CLC CVS tree. I've written a short explanation in the Wiki, find it at http://crux.fh-regensburg.de/cgi-bin/cvstrac/wiki?p=HttpupNg CLC maintainers, could you write a short comment whether you would be in favour of a solution where external packagers are invited to provide updated versions of unmaintained ports in their private httpup repositories? They could then file a bug report with the URL and any CLC
Hey, On Sun, Mar 28, 2004 at 13:54:55 +0200, Johannes Winkelmann wrote: maintainer could sync it to CLC CVS. I'm planning to announce the next version of httpup (or at least the test version) this week, and I'd like to include this concept in the announcement if we're going to go for it. The work required for a CLC maintainer is: a) for a new port: httpup sync http://www.maol.ch/crux/ports#graphviz \ ~/crux/clc/graphviz cd ~/crux/clc cvs add graphviz cd graphviz httpup list (to get a list of files which were synced) cvs add (the files you obtained from httpup list) cvs ci -m "initial version of graphviz" cvs tag $TAG b) for an existing port httpup sync http://www.maol.ch/crux/ports#graphviz \ ~/crux/clc/graphviz cd ~/crux/clc/graphviz httpup list (see which files most be added, removed) cvs diff (optional: see what the packager did) cvs add/delete (if needed) cvs ci -m "fetch updated version for graphviz from maol" cvs tag -F $TAG I personally would like such an system, maybe even if I'm working just as maintainer for a package which is maintained by a non-CLC person. It would improve the value of the unmaintained collection and would allow us to remove ports which haven't been changed in $TIME from the repository since we're sure no one cared to update this one. And finally, people could actually contribute changes back. Comments appreciated. Regards, Johannes -- Johannes Winkelmann mailto:jw@tks6.net Bern, Switzerland http://jw.tks6.net