From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga01.intel.com (mga01.intel.com [192.55.52.88]) by mx1.pokylinux.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 973E04C804FF for ; Tue, 26 Apr 2011 23:37:51 -0500 (CDT) Received: from fmsmga001.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.23]) by fmsmga101.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 26 Apr 2011 21:37:51 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.64,272,1301900400"; d="scan'208";a="914886360" Received: from unknown (HELO [10.255.12.245]) ([10.255.12.245]) by fmsmga001.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 26 Apr 2011 21:37:50 -0700 Message-ID: <4DB79D9E.8030103@intel.com> Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 21:37:50 -0700 From: Saul Wold User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.10) Gecko/20100621 Fedora/3.0.5-1.fc13 Lightning/1.0b2pre Thunderbird/3.0.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Darren Hart References: <4DB786E3.4080800@linux.intel.com> <4DB78C10.1030503@windriver.com> <4DB79412.6080507@linux.intel.com> In-Reply-To: <4DB79412.6080507@linux.intel.com> Cc: Yocto Project Subject: Re: Personal git repositories X-BeenThere: yocto@yoctoproject.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion of all things Yocto List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 04:37:51 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 04/26/2011 08:57 PM, Darren Hart wrote: > > > On 04/26/2011 08:22 PM, Bruce Ashfield wrote: >> On 11-04-26 11:00 PM, Darren Hart wrote: >>> git.yoctoproject.org hosts a number of different repositories, some of >>> which host limited user contributions (such as poky-contrib). These >>> repositories are setup and administered by a yoctoproject.org system admin. >>> >>> As our developer base grows, the need for user creatable git trees also >>> grows. Eventually, *-contrib isn't going to scale, and neither will the >>> system admin. There are plenty of available places individuals can >>> create publicly accessible trees (github, kernel.org, or any number of >>> similar sites). However, I think it would be beneficial for at least >>> very active developers to be able to create and destroy trees on a whim, >>> without having to involve the system admin with each event. >>> >>> kernel.org provides a git web interface for user created trees. I'd like >>> to see something similar available at yoctoproject.org in order to >>> establish single place to go looking for "yocto developer trees". Users >>> would have to justify their request for a user account and agree to a >>> terms of use. This has served the Linux kernel community very well. I >>> think it could do the same for us. >>> >>> Note: I am not offering to setup such a service or even say that it's >>> possible with the current resources. I just wanted to throw the idea out >>> there and see if others have found a similar gap in the development >>> environment and if this idea would address that gap. >>> >>> Thoughts? >> >> Only a 2nd vote for something like this. I've had a need for >> this on several occasions, and often I'd like to get something out, and >> then slot it into a more "official" location later. My current >> location for the 2.6.39-yocto kernel on my kernel.org account sort >> of says it all :) > > Right. I just pushed meta-boottime to my kernel.org account as well. I'd > much rather have that be: > > git://git.yoctoproject.org/dvhart/meta-boottime.git > > I also think this is a good idea, but can we wait until we get things transitioned to the new server and stabilized before adding new things right now? Sau!