[yocto] Personal git repositories

[Saul Wold]

On 04/26/2011 08:57 PM, Darren Hart wrote:
>
>
> 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
>
>
I also think this is a good idea, but can we wait until we get things 
transitioned to the new server and stabilized before adding new things 
right now?

Sau!