[Spice-devel] Closing gitlab spice mirror

[Frediano Ziglio]

> On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 9:55 PM, Jonathon Jongsma < jjongsma at redhat.com >
> wrote:

> > On Tue, 2018-07-10 at 18:00 +0200, Victor Toso wrote:
> 
> > > Hi,
> 
> > >
> 
> > > Similarly to closing github spice mirror [0], I'd like to propose
> 
> > > closing the gitlab.com/spice one now that we have a gitlab
> 
> > > instance in gitlab.freedesktop.org
> 
> > >
> 
> > > [0] https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/spice-devel/2018-June/0438
> 
> > > 84.html
> 
> > >
> 
> > > The main reason is consistency...
> 
> > >
> 
> > > The steps would be something like:
> 
> > >
> 
> > > 1) From projects in gitlab.com that are mirrored from
> 
> > > freedesktop.org (spice-gtk, spice, ...)
> 

> > > 1.1) Move bugs reported in gitlab.com to freedesktop.org
> 
> > > 1.2) Close repository and issues
> 
> > >
> 
> > > 2) From projects in gitlab.com that are not mirrored
> 
> > > (virtio-gpu-wddm, qxl-wddm-dod, spice-space, spice-space-pages,
> 
> > > x11spice, spice-streaming-agent, i-hope-i-did-not-miss-anything)
> 

> spice-nsis?

> > > 2.1) Clone repositories to freedesktop.org
> 
> > > 2.2) Move bugs reported in gitlab.com to freedesktop.org
> 
> > > 2.3) Close reporting new issues, merge-request, etc.
> 
> > > 2.4) Keep the project for a few weeks a mirror from
> 
> > > freedesktop.org
> 

> After 2.4, or instead of it, perhaps push a patch to the old repo updating
> the README to say where the new repo is.

I agree to put a dummy README.

> > >
> 
> > > I take that (2) should cc some key people before doing it... Any
> 
> > > other suggestions?
> 

> > No real suggestions, but I think it's a good idea.
> 

> I just lurk here, but +1 from me too. Good luck with the transition!

Maybe also CC some list like qemu-devel ?

> (Please add 'NSIS' in subject lines to have a better chance to get my
> attention).

> Best regards,
> --
> Didi

Frediano