From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C21C5431FBF for ; Thu, 8 May 2014 15:00:57 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -0.799 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.799 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7] autolearn=disabled Received: from olra.theworths.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (olra.theworths.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id t8wcx5E5TIio for ; Thu, 8 May 2014 15:00:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-ee0-f41.google.com (mail-ee0-f41.google.com [74.125.83.41]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 605C3431FAE for ; Thu, 8 May 2014 15:00:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-ee0-f41.google.com with SMTP id t10so2116610eei.14 for ; Thu, 08 May 2014 15:00:50 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=sender:date:from:to:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:references :mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to :user-agent; bh=yp2/afdCVU72MpOWSIKlKwK3uwWyTaivinYFy3FkKD4=; b=FQMCJc7yGIzmunLWVyTgCj2kThhScI50kV/SUstuxbuqUfRyqFW67WhRLlggnhR4SE J2AvC7o54UW4LJkdUsmGdgAdBhAGQd0islvbEwP57orlUlj9ZZvQsTkZC+mcDIbwoM8y sQIacUI8ergRD9EzCHGewP0TuuGG9qr55EeGb+GOke2xz1ai5iOWILHYrIdCykSaHOxD AYEid0I0QLZJmi+6WxeTrz+qd+osqXkyDmQX6GN4vH6ptJN84QrznwNvqW3hoFZcOUAo cAwZTau32t9npqcRHZyh3+I7OlPM1dwA5RUgfuzNotHgkSSndkLsaeSPKA395rWN0TMh k0iQ== X-Received: by 10.14.225.132 with SMTP id z4mr8579036eep.92.1399586449980; Thu, 08 May 2014 15:00:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from chitra.no-ip.org (sd44012d5.adsl.online.nl. [212.64.18.213]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id a6sm6964543eem.16.2014.05.08.15.00.48 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 08 May 2014 15:00:48 -0700 (PDT) Sender: Suvayu Ali Date: Fri, 9 May 2014 00:00:46 +0200 From: Suvayu Ali To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org Subject: Re: Github? Message-ID: <20140508220046.GB2374@chitra.no-ip.org> Mail-Followup-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org References: <87iopgkaiz.fsf@nikula.org> <20140508101325.GC23124@vilya.m0g.net> <20140508203019.GA2374@chitra.no-ip.org> <20140508212100.GD23124@vilya.m0g.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20140508212100.GD23124@vilya.m0g.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.22.1 (2013-10-16) X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 May 2014 22:00:57 -0000 On Thu, May 08, 2014 at 11:21:00PM +0200, guyzmo wrote: > On Thu, May 08, 2014 at 10:30:19PM +0200, Suvayu Ali wrote: > > On Thu, May 08, 2014 at 01:14:51PM -0700, Wael M. Nasreddine wrote: > > > On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 12:54 PM, Wael Nasreddine > > > wrote: > [...] > > > Can you guys at least consider splitting contrib/ and bindings/ into their > > > own repo? It will make it easier for people to use the go bindings (for > > > example) or to include the vim plugin as a submodule (or Vundle bundle). > > > > What is the problem if contrib and bindings are part of the main repo? > > In fact I would argue it is undesirable to split them. If there are > > major changes in libnotmuch, or the cli, it is much easier to make the > > corresponding changes in bindings to keep everything working. If there > > is a separate repo, communicating this dependency, although not > > impossible, is difficult. I would also like to point out almost all > > FOSS projects I follow, or contribute to practises this. > > do you know about git submodules? It's actually there to be able to > track changes on remote repositories that are closely related, while > keeping a sane separation. I do, hence the "although not impossible". It's still adding complexity that is not needed for something like language bindings. What is so hard to package them when part of the project repo? In fact, I package notmuch along with its python bindings and a few utilities from contrib for Fedora[1]. The default Fedora packages are horribly outdated. One of my TODOs is to also package the ruby bindings, and notmuch-vim. The only thing preventing me now is my unfamiliarty with ruby, and Fedora packaging guidelines for ruby-gems. Footnotes: [1] http://copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org/results/fatka/notmuch/fedora-20-x86_64/notmuch-0.18-5.20140506.git.8ecc7db3.fc20/ -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free.