Re: [9fans] Plan9 Sources Repository

[dante <subscriptions@posteo.eu>]

Hi,

On 19.07.2014 13:20, Riddler wrote:
>> 3. Contrib packages are tied to people; there is no common 
>> repository.
>  >     This leads to the situation where you can't update a package
> of a long gone user.
>  >     Please tell me how many Mercurial packages you can find in 
> Contrib!
> 
> I don't see how a repository would fix this. When the user is gone
> you would still lose the only person with write access to the repo.
> You would need to fork it. The only difference is now people just copy
> it.

Well, it takes 1 minute to "hg mv" a project from 
long_gone_user/project to contrib/project.
As it is now, I have to convince the master to *create* the central 
contrib repository, then to copy the project there etc.
Moreover, as the stuff is now spread all around, it is hard to set up a 
nightly build for all the stuff.

As I said, the status quo is perfect for a small team, but I doubt that 
is encourages the project to get some traction.

>> I maintain my impression that the Status Quo, though good for a small 
>> team, does not allow the project to grow.
>  > Were there any efforts to change this?
>  > Or is it a controversial matter and it stays as it is?
>  > Or is the team indeed so small (or even loosing members), s.t.
> that a change won't make sense?
> 
> In the short time I've been here I think its came up twice. So it is
> something at least some people are interested in looking at. I'm sure
> it will keep coming up.

I could help (a bit, time permitting), but I think that the most 
important thing is to get support from the current project maintainers 
(the people you submit patches to).
This discussion can only be started by the veterans.
I think that a solution that does not increase the burden on the 
current volunteer maintainers is possible.

What do you people think?

Kind Regards,
Dante