From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/68301 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Eric Schulte" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: git/hg Gnus repository Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2009 10:09:51 -0800 Message-ID: <87wsbra7ww.fsf@gmail.com> References: <87prjw70et.fsf@randomsample.de> <87hc56r93s.fsf@Astalo.kon.iki.fi> <873agqqugv.fsf@randomsample.de> <87abaxgjgh.fsf@randomsample.de> <87zlgohewf.fsf@gmail.com> <87bpt3y8pu.fsf@randomsample.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1234721427 18704 80.91.229.12 (15 Feb 2009 18:10:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:10:27 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M16741@lists.math.uh.edu Sun Feb 15 19:11:43 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LYlSt-0005vl-OG for ding-account@gmane.org; Sun, 15 Feb 2009 19:11:40 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by util0.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1LYlQt-0006zs-Or; Sun, 15 Feb 2009 12:09:35 -0600 Original-Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.32]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1LYlQs-0006ze-IH for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Sun, 15 Feb 2009 12:09:34 -0600 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1LYlQp-0000g5-Ep for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Sun, 15 Feb 2009 12:09:34 -0600 Original-Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com ([209.85.198.239]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1LYlR9-0004IU-00 for ; Sun, 15 Feb 2009 19:09:52 +0100 Original-Received: by rv-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id l9so1546619rvb.17 for ; Sun, 15 Feb 2009 10:09:28 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:subject:references :date:in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=wTP8NwmYTFCCU6JYK7KP14bz+Gmk5eRGGyLT1vQKTKc=; b=v3zGQXR0gkkIJO0VMOcT7o/liwlGWi+xrab22TqhOTxheLYZbY4SjVNdJaZ1YrYnT7 2MeLPYR1RdkFt40ZRlgkscahInKKbKomSSESO3hYdKpQoU2XWVJaH5a9bSzhnrlnjOZN Xi2h+3vDACYuCdxleR8a/hvGWC8gZcYJpMJk0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent :mime-version:content-type; b=B0nd+atFO5PLv+xuXbkZj5T/jlNNMR1XpGpG9lwtOYjMyFYuIMvhYB4aVUcjOEo0gD m2I5dPxpND43T26UELN4HZCLZzaaomphh5lIfDA0gJuR+ZveK15sJbTy3nfRL3b5gP2P BEC6n68xAEGppMNN28/jqmaWiVAWd/EsdBtew= Original-Received: by 10.141.170.10 with SMTP id x10mr257804rvo.56.1234721368758; Sun, 15 Feb 2009 10:09:28 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from eschulte-work (c-76-121-187-133.hsd1.wa.comcast.net [76.121.187.133]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id b39sm3727332rvf.9.2009.02.15.10.09.28 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 15 Feb 2009 10:09:28 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87bpt3y8pu.fsf@randomsample.de> (David Engster's message of "Sun, 15 Feb 2009 17:18:37 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/23.0.90 (gnu/linux) X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:68301 Archived-At: David Engster writes: > "Eric Schulte" wrote on top: >> Now that this has been accomplished, is there any chance of a publicly >> readable git repo tracking the cvs gnus repo? Thanks -- Eric > > I was only able to import roughly the last year of changes, so my > private git repo only contains a subset of files. The others are simply > copied without history. > > For having a useful git clone with the full history, one would still > need a copy of the full CVS repo for a conversion. Using git-cvsimport > over the net would take ages and hammer the server to no end. > > -David I don't think history is as important as tracking new changes moving forward. This isn't anything more than a convenience, but I find it very nice to be able to use git to, for example, track Emacs development. Best -- Eric