[virt-tools-list] virt-manager mirror on github, eventually transition?

[Cole Robinson]

On 05/21/2015 11:30 PM, Chen, Hanxiao wrote:
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: virt-tools-list-bounces at redhat.com
>> [mailto:virt-tools-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Cole Robinson
>> Sent: Friday, May 22, 2015 8:48 AM
>> To: virt-tools-list
>> Subject: [virt-tools-list] virt-manager mirror on github, eventually transition?
>>
>> Hey all,
>>
>> I set up a virt-manager mirror on github:
>>
>> https://github.com/virt-manager/virt-manager
>>
>> Right now it's just updated from the fedorahosted repo using a cron script, so
>> it's just a readonly mirror.
>>
>> However I'd like to fully transition to using github for source hosting in the
>> near term. Reasons being:
>>
>> 1) github is way faster than fedorahosted
>> 2) the network effect is real, I'm quite certain it will generate
>> contributions we wouldn't have otherwise received
>> 3) there's tons of valuable services built around github, like travis-ci
>>
>> I figure bug tracking will stay in bugzilla, though maybe we keep github
>> issues enabled to give people an easier way to report small bugs. Anything
>> that can't be fixed basically on demand we ask the reporter to file it in
>> bugzilla. Probably needs some experimentation
>>
>> pull-requests can't be disabled on github, but I think it's okay to handle
>> them in a similar way: if someone submits a small patch, then one of the other
>> maintainers can just merge it. but if it's anything non-trival, close the pull
>> request and ask they submit it to the mailing list.
> 
> That's great!
> We would had more developers.
> 
> One question
> If we could merge trivial PR in github, do we had sync mechanism for fedorahosted
> and github?
> 
> Also,
> see decription of Rich's libguestfs on github:
> '''
> library and tools for accessing and modifying virtual machine disk images. 
> PLEASE DO NOT USE GITHUB FOR ISSUES OR PULL REQUESTS. 
> See the website for how to file a bug or contact us. 
> http://libguestfs.org
> '''
> But we should give it a try.
> 
> Hope this will not bring much extra work to Cole :)
> 

Using github issues or pull-requests would _only_ be if/when github becomes
the primary repository. For now the github repo should be readonly so please
don't push anything there.

- Cole