From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 21258 invoked by alias); 6 Apr 2014 19:18:23 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 21230 invoked by uid 89); 6 Apr 2014 19:18:22 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-Spam-User: qpsmtpd, 2 recipients X-HELO: filtteri5.pp.htv.fi Received: from filtteri5.pp.htv.fi (HELO filtteri5.pp.htv.fi) (213.243.153.188) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Sun, 06 Apr 2014 19:18:20 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by filtteri5.pp.htv.fi (Postfix) with ESMTP id 995175A71EA; Sun, 6 Apr 2014 22:18:14 +0300 (EEST) Received: from smtp4.welho.com ([213.243.153.38]) by localhost (filtteri5.pp.htv.fi [213.243.153.188]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id wKldiEMqejK3; Sun, 6 Apr 2014 22:18:08 +0300 (EEST) Received: from drone (91-145-91-118.bb.dnainternet.fi [91.145.91.118]) by smtp4.welho.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 185815BC005; Sun, 6 Apr 2014 22:18:11 +0300 (EEST) Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2014 19:18:00 -0000 From: Aaro Koskinen To: Sergio Durigan Junior Cc: Edjunior Barbosa Machado , GDB , Binutils , Peter Bergner , Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho Subject: Re: Vendor branches on sourceware.org's binutils-gdb repo Message-ID: <20140406191404.GC7558@drone.musicnaut.iki.fi> References: <53406399.9050303@linux.vnet.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.22 (2013-10-16) X-SW-Source: 2014-04/txt/msg00007.txt.bz2 Hi, On Sun, Apr 06, 2014 at 03:02:49AM -0300, Sergio Durigan Junior wrote: > Hm, just a comment, but nothing major or blocker. I understand the need > for vendor branches, but I also think that we should make more use of > git's distributed model. For example, why can't Company X (I am not > criticizing anyone particularly, really) create and maintain its own git > repository, with all the necessary branches there? Wouldn't that be > better than (a) "polluting" sourceware's repository and (b) putting an > extra pressure on sourceware's infra? I think it's very useful for users to have all vendor branches in a single repository. At least with glibc this has helped me a lot (as a user) when identifying and cherry-picking needed fixes to my own systems. A.