Re: [PATCH] gitweb: Refactor project list routines

[Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz>]

  Hi!

On Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 10:56:02AM -0800, J.H. wrote:
> 2) If the repository is cloned the ctag information is not retained,
> which means there is no real way for the original developer to
> manage or move this information between different hosting sites,
> I.E. repo.or.cz and kernel.org (though I'll admit I have it turned
> off)

  This is interesting argument, I have always thought about ctags being
a rather site-specific mechanism and I think it would've meet with a lot
of user opposition to e.g. keep ctags in a specific branch; I can think
of no other good way to do it either.

> So if your going to eliminate the project listing, with the general
> intention of using the tag cloud as more of a primary search
> mechanism, including the search box, I think there's some serious
> work that needs to be put into the ctags system because in it's
> current state, for the likes of kernel.org, it's unusable, unstable
> and not something I would recommend to anyone to run in production.
> I like the idea, I just have concerns over it's current
> implementation.

  This patch is orthogonal to that, I believe. I agree that the ctags
mechanism is somewhat hackish; unfortunately, I personally don't have
the time to fix it up properly. I think it is still good enough for
many users, and the frontpage mechanism would be quite useful even for
people who don't want to use content tags.

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				Petr "Pasky" Baudis
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