From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk Subject: Re: default xen "make world" again dependent on non-xenbits repositories and non-http protocol Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 12:26:24 -0400 Message-ID: <20091007162624.GA24648@phenom.dumpdata.com> References: <19148.45701.595939.902648@mariner.uk.xensource.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com To: Dan Magenheimer Cc: "Xen-Devel (E-mail)" , Ian Jackson List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org On Wed, Oct 07, 2009 at 08:42:22AM -0700, Dan Magenheimer wrote: > > As far as I'm concerned we've made a conscious decision to make an > > exception for git.kernel.org, which is after all a very high-profile > > site that a lot of people depend on which ought not to be down very > > often or for very long. > > Understood, but the problem (in this case) is not the server > but the protocol... I don't claim to understand this well, but > I'm told that git isn't handled by standard proxies. You can use work-arounds. 'corkscrew' I believe does the job? http://www.mtu.net/~engstrom/ssh-proxy.php http://groups.google.com/group/android-platform/browse_thread/thread/1e082b3c4a9d85ca?fwc=1&pli=1 > > I believe there's an http hg mirror for the kernel but > I don't know if it works for anything but the main branch. > > Lacking any other solution, is there any easy way for "make world" > to determine immediately if git.kernel.org is NOT accessible > via the git protocol (or at least via something like "make check")? > > OR as an absolute minimum the issue should be in the main README. > > Yes, I know I should be able to work around this, but I am > in part speaking up for all the newbies that would like to work > on Xen but find "getting started" is too difficult.