[U-Boot] [U-Boot-Custodians] [ANNOUNCEMENT] Switching to gitlab.denx.de

[Angelo Dureghello <angelo@sysam.it>]

Hi Wolfgang,

On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 03:46:56PM +0200, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> Hello everybody,
> 
> I wrote:
> 
> > as discussed before, we want to switch from the old git server to
> > more powerful soft- and hardware.  We will move the U-Boot master
> > repository and all custodian repositories to gitlab.
> ...
> > The switch will take place as follows:
> >
> > 1. We will create user accounts for all custodians at gitlab.denx.de
> >    You will receive an e-mail notification with your login
> >    credentials. We will start with this this afternoon (CEST),
> >    so if you have not received such an e-mail by tomorrow morning,
> >    please let us know.
> >
> > 2. We will block your SSH keys on the old git server, thus
> >    effectively turning the custodian repositories into read-only
> >    mode.  Custodians will not be able to push any new stuff to the
> >    old repositories any more.
> >
> >    This phase will start when all custodian repositories have been
> >    created, but in no case before  12:00 p. m. (noon) CEST.  the
> >    next steps will follow as quickly as possible, ideally only a few
> >    minutes later.
> >
> > 3. The old repository will be cloned to the new gitlab server.  This
> >    should not take long.  We don't expect any long interruption.
> >    You wanted to have another cup of coffee anyway :-)
> >
> > 4. The custodian can resume work using the gitlab server, as soon as
> >    he can "see" his repository there.  Tom should already be
> >    prepared to pull from the gitlab repos.
> 
> All these steps have been completed by now.  All custodians should
> be able to access the new repositories now, and use all teh gitlab
> features that are enabled for this project (including CI runners).
> 
> The U-Boot web pages (especially the source code links and the
> custodian page) have been updated to reference the new gitlab
> repositories.
> 
> By now, the gitlab repos represent the official and active mainline
> / custodian repositories.
> 
> 
> > 5. After all custodians have been moved, URL rewrite rules will be
> >    activated, and the DNS will be changed, so that the old URLs
> >    will still be working, though only for read-only access.
> >
> >    Note: this last step is the most error-prone one.  It is likely
> >    that the rewrite roles are incomplete at the beginning, and/or
> >    incorrect for a few special cases.  Please be patient and report
> >    such errors with enough detail to reproduce, then we will fix
> >    them.
> 
> This is what we will be working on now.
> 
> Thanks for your patience!
> 

Ack ! Many thanks !

Angelo Dureghello (m68k)


> Best regards,
> 
> Wolfgang Denk
> 
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