[Freebsd-haskell] Cabal Ports Reworked & Committed

[Gabor PALI]

Hello,

On 05/14/10 07:04, Ashish SHUKLA wrote:
> Do you see this *single "ports" branch* really working in practise ?

I do not know... until I try to implement it :P  I proposed things and
put them on discussion, they are not statements.  You may interpret it
as "hey, somebody help me with this, damn it".


> I mean, what if you and me tried to push commits affecting common files ?

Well, then we need to resolve the conflicts.  I think nothing saves us
from conflicts anyway.


> We will need good communication to avoid such issues.

Right, since we would been collaborating or what...


> And since we're not able to even successfully arrange an
> IRC meeting, I don't think this approach will be feasible.
>   

I do not feel it a big problem.  You must take into account that IRC is
not suitable for everybody.  Based on the mail (and IRC) traffic so far,
I do not expect a tons of commits in the beginning, and since we would
hand out the access to the repository one by one, we can oversee who
will commit at all.

- Regarding updates, I think maintainership would still count as a
reference, i.e. maintainers are free to update their own ports and other
maintainers should be respected (notified before any changes).

- Regarding new ports, perhaps we should create and maintain a public
list of "ports in preparation" (in the repository or somewhere else)
where everybody could publish his or her intentions on porting, so they
can be even pinged when there is not too much activity but you have a
complete solution already.

I am also working on a gitit-based site for freebsd.haskell.org where
things can be coordinated via a wiki.    Until it is not ready, Jacula
and I can do this on the FreeBSD wiki.


> On the other hand, with per user branches, it is your area, do what you wanted
> to do, without effecting anyone else. And merging from the master and other
> users branches, whenever you need it.
>   

Yeah.  Most of my previous suggestions can be automatized this way :)


> To keep others informed about one's progress, we can create a post-update (or
> whatever the correct name would be) hook in the repository, which mails your
> pushes to the list. And also a public mirror of the repository kept in-sync
> (via post-update hooks) would be nice for casual contributors who can do
> anonymous clones, and it also provides functionality to view other branches
> without checking out them.
>   

I do not have any objections, but I do not have too much time for this
:)  I would be happy if you could build this (or a proof-of-concept). 
Only thing I need is a reliable place where I can pull changes from to
build packages.


> And also when filing PRs, making sure to keep list in the loop would be nice
> idea to inform about the updates.
>   

A solution would be to link this list to the haskell at freebsd.org alias.


> And also it would be nice if we can discuss all of these issues over IRC
> sometime.
>   

I am there on Saturdays as always.


Cheers,
:g