From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Manolis Ragkousis Subject: Re: GSoC: Manolis to work on Guix port to GNU/Hurd Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2015 11:27:01 +0300 Message-ID: References: <87sibihgf6.fsf@gnu.org> <20150429215345.GA9559@debian> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7bfcef7619f63a0514ecdc24 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54543) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YnjoG-0007MK-25 for Guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Apr 2015 04:27:05 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YnjoE-0006Xt-SF for Guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Apr 2015 04:27:04 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20150429215345.GA9559@debian> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Andreas Enge Cc: Guix-devel , bug-hurd@gnu.org, Samuel Thibault --047d7bfcef7619f63a0514ecdc24 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Hey Andreas :D On 30 Apr 2015 00:53, "Andreas Enge" wrote: > I am not quite sure how this is supposed to make things easier. Why not simply > use a branch in the guix repo (like the existing wip-hurd, or wip-wip-hurd for > very experimental changes)? Then every commit of yours will be sent to our > mailing list, and you develop directly in our infrastructure. I just want to have a remote backup of my local changes, as well as give everyone an early look of what I am currently working on, before I send any patches. I prefer having it hosted somewhere else, in case I do something stupid :). As David said, there shouldn't be any issues with that. > Not to mention that github is not exactly popular in the free software > community, see "service as a software substitute", or > https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.html I know. I would have preferred gitorious for this, but gitorious is shutting down so I couldn't think of an alternative. Manolis --047d7bfcef7619f63a0514ecdc24 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hey Andreas :D

On 30 Apr 2015 00:53, "Andreas Enge" <andreas@enge.fr> wrote:

> I am not quite sure how this is supposed to make things= easier. Why not simply
> use a branch in the guix repo (like the existing wip-hurd, or wip-wip-= hurd for
> very experimental changes)? Then every commit of yours will be sent to= our
> mailing list, and you develop directly in our infrastructure.

I just want to have a remote backup of my local changes, as = well as give everyone an early look of what I am currently working on, befo= re I send any patches. I prefer having it hosted somewhere else, in case I = do something stupid :).
As David said, there shouldn't be any issues with that.

> Not to mention that github is not exactly popular in th= e free software
> community, see "service as a software substitute", or
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-serve= r-really-serve.html

I know. I would have preferred gitorious for this, but gitor= ious is shutting down so I couldn't think of an alternative.

Manolis

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