[yocto] Personal git repositories

[Bruce Ashfield]

On 11-04-26 11:00 PM, Darren Hart wrote:
> git.yoctoproject.org hosts a number of different repositories, some of
> which host limited user contributions (such as poky-contrib). These
> repositories are setup and administered by a yoctoproject.org system admin.
>
> As our developer base grows, the need for user creatable git trees also
> grows. Eventually, *-contrib isn't going to scale, and neither will the
> system admin. There are plenty of available places individuals can
> create publicly accessible trees (github, kernel.org, or any number of
> similar sites). However, I think it would be beneficial for at least
> very active developers to be able to create and destroy trees on a whim,
> without having to involve the system admin with each event.
>
> kernel.org provides a git web interface for user created trees. I'd like
> to see something similar available at yoctoproject.org in order to
> establish single place to go looking for "yocto developer trees". Users
> would have to justify their request for a user account and agree to a
> terms of use. This has served the Linux kernel community very well. I
> think it could do the same for us.
>
> Note: I am not offering to setup such a service or even say that it's
> possible with the current resources. I just wanted to throw the idea out
> there and see if others have found a similar gap in the development
> environment and if this idea would address that gap.
>
> Thoughts?

Only a 2nd vote for something like this. I've had a need for
this on several occasions, and often I'd like to get something out, and
then slot it into a more "official" location later. My current
location for the 2.6.39-yocto kernel on my kernel.org account sort
of says it all :)

Cheers,

Bruce

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