[yocto] Personal git repositories

[Darren Hart]

On 04/26/2011 09:37 PM, Saul Wold wrote:
> 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?

I believe so. Bruce and I can use kernel.org for now. Tom and I can use
personal branches in meta-intel. But I'd like to see a solution here
before we see widespread use of kernel.org and github to manage git
trees as it will be collectively a lot more work to move people to the
new infrastructure - and we'll lose some mindshare in the meantime.

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