From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Please do something about the Savannah Emacs git repository Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 03:04:20 +0900 Message-ID: <87pqvclkgr.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1287079484 5487 80.91.229.12 (14 Oct 2010 18:04:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 18:04:44 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Jim Meyering , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 14 20:04:42 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P6SAT-0001Ro-OA for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 14 Oct 2010 20:04:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41090 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1P6SAT-0002ss-8y for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 14 Oct 2010 14:04:41 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=48094 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1P6SAF-0002it-O9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Oct 2010 14:04:28 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1P6SAB-0000pU-Ip for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Oct 2010 14:04:27 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp12.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.74]:37682) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1P6SAB-0000pM-B9; Thu, 14 Oct 2010 14:04:23 -0400 Original-Received: from 218.231.154.125.eo.eaccess.ne.jp ([218.231.154.125] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp12.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1P6SA9-0003Um-5V; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 03:04:21 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 2C8E0DF8E; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 03:04:20 +0900 (JST) System-Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: (Glenn Morris's message of "Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:45:30 -0400") Original-Lines: 26 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV GOL (outbound) X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:131713 Archived-At: Glenn Morris writes: > I think it is probably time to replace the Savannah Emacs git > repository with just a pointer to repo.or.cz, as originally suggested > in January: > > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2010-01/msg00590.html > > Having it still advertized on http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/emacs/ > via the "Source Code" link just confuses people, eg > > http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=7163#35 Of course even better would be to _replace_ the savannah repo with the one from repo.or.cz (it could simply be a clone, given that it's pretty much trivial to do so ...). Not just for yucks -- savannah now supports the git smart-http protocol, whereas repo.or.cz doesn't, and that can make a huge difference for those behind firewalls. -Miles -- Clarionet, n. An instrument of torture operated by a person with cotton in his ears. There are two instruments that are worse than a clarionet -- two clarionets.