[U-Boot-Custodians] git access - move to gitlab?

[Alexey Brodkin]

Hi Wolfgang,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: U-Boot-Custodians <u-boot-custodians-bounces at lists.denx.de> On Behalf Of Wolfgang Denk
> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2019 3:35 PM
> To: u-boot-custodians at lists.denx.de
> Subject: [U-Boot-Custodians] git access - move to gitlab?
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I guess a few of you will have noticed the recent issues with
> HTTP(S) access to the custodian repositories; recent versions of git
> have introduced changes which are incompatible with the way how
> "alternates" and "http-alternates" have been working for many years.
> 
> For a quick fix, I have now repacked all the repositories and
> removed the alternates / http-alternates files, so cloning over
> HTTP(S) should be working again.
> 
> However, I think this is just a quick fix, and not a long term
> solution.  The git.denx.de server itself is a bit oldish, and the
> gitweb setup running on git.denx.de is old and ugly and limited and
> slow...
> 
> I would like to move all the custodian repos to our gitlab server.
> This is a more powerfull machine, and we would have a number of
> additional options there.  We can still provide "classic" git
> protocol access even under the old URLs.
> 
> Are there any concerns about this?
> 
> When would be a good point in time (in release schedule) for such a
> move?

I guess right after upcoming v2019.04?

> Do we have to migrate all repositories at once, or can we have a few
> "early adaptors" who serve as guinea pigs?

I'll be happy to become a beta-tester of GitLab setup.

As you know there're not that many changes that happen in ARC tree so
it shouldn't affect lots of people, that said it should be safe move.

-Alexey