[cip-dev] Important: planned movement of the cip-kernel repo on Gitlab: Thursday 19th April 10:00 UTC

[agustin.benito@codethink.co.uk (Agustín Benito Bethencourt)]

Hi,

On Monday, 23 April 2018 16:00:12 CEST Zoran S wrote:
> > We use gitlab based on a TSC (Technical Steering Committee) decision.
> 
> TSC should reconsider (at least to duplicate).

And the arguments for such reconsideration in your opinion are.... ?

> 
> Zoran
> _______
> 
> On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 12:08 PM, Agust?n Benito Bethencourt
> 
> <agustin.benito@codethink.co.uk> wrote:
> > Hi Zoran
> > 
> > On Thursday, 19 April 2018 12:03:46 CEST Zoran S wrote:
> >> Here, I would like to propose the same to be replicated on GitHub.
> >> 
> >> Personally, I do like much more GitHub... But this is me and my
> >> wishes, only! ;-)
> > 
> > We use gitlab based on a TSC (Technical Steering Committee) decision.
> > 
> >> Zoran
> >> 
> >> On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 10:51 AM, Agust?n Benito Bethencourt
> >> 
> >> <agustin.benito@codethink.co.uk> wrote:
> >> > Hi,
> >> > 
> >> > On Thursday, 12 April 2018 17:37:41 CEST Agust?n Benito Bethencourt 
wrote:
> >> >> Dear CIP lovers,
> >> >> 
> >> >> this week Ben H. and I agreed that we need a new repo to store the
> >> >> current
> >> >> kernel-configs provided by Members. Since we already have several
> >> >> repos
> >> >> related with the kernel, the right thing to do is to create a
> >> >> sub-project
> >> >> and store them there, so we decrease entropy.
> >> >> 
> >> >> The new sub-project for CIP kernel related repositories is: https://
> >> >> gitlab.com/cip-project/cip-kernel
> >> >> 
> >> >> Moving the CIP kernel repo to this new sub-project might affect users
> >> >> that
> >> >> are pointing to it. The planned movement date is:
> >> >> 
> >> >> * Thursday 19th April 2018 at 10:00 UTC.
> >> > 
> >> > Reminder: this will take place later today.
> >> > 
> >> >> In case you can automate the change, here are the links you need to
> >> >> have
> >> >> in
> >> >> consideration:
> >> >> * The current repo URL is:  https://gitlab.com/cip-project/linux-cip
> >> >> * The new URL will be:
> >> >> https://gitlab.com/cip-project/cip-kernel/linux-cip
> >> >> 
> >> >> Please plan accordingly.
> >> >> 
> >> >> I have no previous experience moving such big repos on gitlab.com so
> >> >> expect
> >> >> some downtine. In the worst scenario, please remember that you can
> >> >> point
> >> >> to
> >> >> Ben H. repo:
> >> >> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bwh/linux-cip.git
> >> >> 
> >> >> The reasons why we do not copy the repo into a new location and then
> >> >> deprecate the old one, instead of going for a hard/hot move, are
> >> >> storage
> >> >> limitations and failure rate on Gitlab when mirroring such big repos.
> >> >> 
> >> >> Best Regards
> >> > 
> >> > --
> >> > Agust?n Benito Bethencourt
> >> > Principal Consultant
> >> > Codethink Ltd
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> > 
> > --
> > Agust?n Benito Bethencourt
> > Principal Consultant
> > Codethink Ltd


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Codethink Ltd