Re: [RFC] Unify KVM kernel-space and user-space code into a single project

Avi Kivity
2010-03-22T18:02:00Z

On 03/22/2010 07:43 PM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
>> It's kinda funny to see people argue that having an external repository is
>> not a problem and that it's not a big deal if building something from the
>> repository is slightly painful as long as it doesn't require a PhD when we
>> have _real world_ experience that it _does_ limit developer base in some
>> cases. Whether or not that applies to kvm remains to be seen but I've yet to
>> see a convincing argument why it doesn't.
>>
> Yeah.
>
> Also, if in fact the claim that the 'repository does not matter' is true then
> it doesnt matter that it's hosted in tools/kvm/ either, right?
>

Again, the second it's moved to tools/kvm/ we strip it off anything that
kvm can't use.

> I.e. it's a win-win situation. Worst-case nothing happens beyond a Git URI
> change. Best-case the project is propelled to never seen heights due to
> contribution advantages not contemplated and not experienced by the KVM guys
> before ...
>

You're exaggerating. There were 773 commits into qemu.git (excluding
qemu-kvm.git) in the past three months. 162 for the same period for
tools/perf. The pool is not that deep.

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