Re: thread-safe libgit.a as a GSoC project, was Re: [SoC RFC] libsvn-fs-git: A git backend for the subversion filesystem

["Bryan Donlan" <bdonlan@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 7:35 AM, Johannes Schindelin
<Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>  On Sat, 22 Mar 2008, Bryan Donlan wrote:
>
>  > On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 12:08 AM, Bryan Donlan <bdonlan@gmail.com> wrote:
>  >
>  > >  I'm planning to apply for the git summer of code project. My proposal
>  > >  is based on the project idea of a subversion gateway for git,
>  > >  implemented with a new subversion filesystem layer. A draft of my
>  > >  proposal follows; I'd appreciate any comments/questions on it before
>  > >  the application period proper begins.
>  >
>  > Thanks for all the comments. To try to avoid spamming the list, I've
>  > replied in a single message, if it'd be better to reply individually
>  > in the future please let me know.
>
>  My preference is to have single replies, possibly changing the subject
>  ("xyz, was Re: blabla"), but it is maybe just me.
>
>  > Also, after looking at libgit in a bit more detail, I think it might be
>  > necessary to not use it after all, as subversion requires support for
>  > multiple open repositories, as well as thread safety (at least when
>  > accessing different open repo from different threads). Perhaps a
>  > thread-safe git library would be a nice SoC project as well?
>
>  As I said on IRC yesterday, I think that such a libgit.a would be nice,
>  _but_
>
>  - a lot of git programs expect to be one-shot, and libgit.a shows that,
>
>  - not many people will help you with your effort, but just ignore it and
>   actively introduce things that do not help libification (at least that's
>   my experience),
>
>  - unless you have a proper need for such a library, I do not think there
>   is enough motivation to actually get it to completion.
>
>  I once thought that libification would be nice, and important, but as I do
>  not need it myself, I reversed my opinion.

All right. If I do end up having to recreate (thread-safe,
multiple-git-dir-safe) logic for my project, I'll try to keep in mind
the possibility of spinning it off into a proper library later though
:)