[Mageia-dev] HEADSUP: Full git clone of all package specs (with history)

Fri Mar 22 10:32:08 CET 2013

Hi,
+
+Just to avoid a crazy amount of scripting with svn checkouts and such
+like, I've set running a git svn clone of the cauldron package
+subversion tree.
+
+It'll take a while to complete (likely about 24hrs in total by current
+estimates) and it should take up about 800MB (rough estimate) in total.
+
+When complete it will act as a handy source for doing full repository
+greps and such like. It will also be useful for making mass changes (git
+svn rebase and git svn dcommit are you friends).
+
+I'll endevour to make it available via a public clone when done, but due
+to it's size and nature it'll likely only appeal to a few people.
+
+Just thought I'd let you know.
+
+FWIW, I'll use this to add the necessary stuff to fix
+https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9302 which requires finding
+several packages that use a specific macro and updating them.
+
+
+FAO: sysadm team. I'm using valstar for this as it's much closer network
+wise. Of course I stupidly still used svn+ssh rather than a direct file,
+thinking it would be more useful generally when moving it later,
+forgetting that I could probably just have editted the subversion URL
+after the clone was complete... but meh, it's done now and and it's
+almost half way through so no point in killing it half way through IMO.
+
+Col
+
+
+
+-- 
+
+Colin Guthrie
+colin(at)mageia.org
+http://colin.guthr.ie/
+
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