[yocto] Personal git repositories

[Darren Hart]

On 04/26/2011 08:22 PM, Bruce Ashfield wrote:
> 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 :)

Right. I just pushed meta-boottime to my kernel.org account as well. I'd
much rather have that be:

git://git.yoctoproject.org/dvhart/meta-boottime.git


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Darren Hart
Intel Open Source Technology Center
Yocto Project - Linux Kernel