From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1FNI7P-0002S6-1D for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 25 Mar 2006 23:24:27 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.5) with SMTP id k2PNMl7p024349; Sat, 25 Mar 2006 23:22:47 GMT Received: from smtp.ferdyx.org (170.Red-213-96-222.staticIP.rima-tde.net [213.96.222.170]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k2PNItQa005593 for ; Sat, 25 Mar 2006 23:18:55 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.ferdyx.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B68A28D34F; Sun, 26 Mar 2006 00:16:28 +0100 (CET) Received: from smtp.ferdyx.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (tungsteno [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 01748-09; Sun, 26 Mar 2006 00:16:27 +0100 (CET) Received: from posidon.ferdyx.org (posidon.ferdyx.org [192.168.0.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.ferdyx.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FA9D8D342; Sun, 26 Mar 2006 00:16:27 +0100 (CET) Received: by posidon.ferdyx.org (nbSMTP-1.01-cvs) for uid 1000 (using TLSv1/SSLv3 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) ferdy@gentoo.org; Sun, 26 Mar 2006 00:18:53 +0100 (CET) Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 00:18:52 +0100 From: "Fernando J. Pereda" To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Cc: Ryan Phillips , stuart.herbert@gmail.com Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] overlay support current proposal? Message-ID: <20060325231852.GA10494@ferdyx.org> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org, Ryan Phillips , stuart.herbert@gmail.com References: <20060324193534.GA24818@dst.grantgoodyear.org> <200603241506.54915.dostrow@gentoo.org> <20060325064751.GA8104@trolocsis.dyndns.org> <20060325230048.GA2691@olive.flatmonk> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="9amGYk9869ThD9tj" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060325230048.GA2691@olive.flatmonk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p10 (Debian) at ferdyx.org X-Archives-Salt: 34ca64b9-7f74-4dd6-a801-e7c2dcddc484 X-Archives-Hash: 87f95bb2a821bee73c0581386bf7d9a2 --9amGYk9869ThD9tj Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Mar 25, 2006 at 06:00:49PM -0500, Aron Griffis wrote: > Ryan Phillips wrote: [Sat Mar 25 2006, 01:47:51AM EST] > > It sounds to me like the overlays would benefit of using git/cogito. > > The Linux Kernel uses this DVCS to full affect. Pulling changes from > > other repositories, and even receiving email patches pushed from > > people not having their own official repository (or repository http > > or ssh accessible). Any git checkout is a branch, so its easy to > > stay up to date with the mainline tree and still work on personal > > branches. >=20 > Most of the other DVCSs are easier to use than git, and just as > powerful or more. IMHO git is used for Linux mostly because Linus > wrote it, rather than it being the best tool for the job. Well, I find it easier to understand than many other DVCSs out there... In fact I don't think it is difficult to use in any way. Maybe pre-1.1 versions had some syntax weirdnesses, but the 1.2 series are really easy to use and understand... > > I think git/cogito might be the solution. It works for a highly > > distributed kernel development, which would be similar to the way > > the overlays would work. Gentoo User A would checkout the kde > > overlay, make some changes, cg-commit them to their own overlay, and > > submit the patches upstream via an email requesting a pull, or > > emailing them patches directly with a git-mkmail command. >=20 > *shrug* All possible with the other DVCSs, generally easier to use, > and harder to screw up your repo. How would you screw your repo using normal Git commands ? Cheers, Ferdy --=20 Fernando J. Pereda Garcimart=EDn Gentoo Developer (Alpha,net-mail,mutt,git) 20BB BDC3 761A 4781 E6ED ED0B 0A48 5B0C 60BD 28D4 --9amGYk9869ThD9tj Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEJc/cCkhbDGC9KNQRAiBcAKCOGbRzmHSsiJq1ZQ5kcaWfWg20oACff9xX 73Esfk3kGjwTjwJUnL1fGNI= =+2nz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --9amGYk9869ThD9tj-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list