Hi,
in the next days we're going to rewrite the Tails main Git
repository's history to get rid of old junk that makes it very large,
and thus a pain to initially clone and push for new contributors
(#6277).
A tentative timeline follows:
1. Tuesday, February 24: Tails 1.3 is out
2. By Tuesday, February 24, 8pm CET: obsolete branches have been
deleted from the Git repo (and the process is scripted and
documented for those who will have to do it again on a regular
basis).
3. At some point between #1 and Wednesday, February 25, noon CET:
the Git repo is locked (nobody can push to it anymore); once this
is done, and until we reach #5, any work you do in Git will need
to be manually forward-ported to the rewritten repo later on (`git
format-patch' + `git am' may help). That should allow our dear RM
to get some rest :)
4. Thursday, February 26, noon CET: a draft rewritten Git repo is
force-pushed at least to its primary online location and to one
public mirror. Hopefully it doesn't need to be rewritten again
later, and then you folks can start basing new work on it.
No guarantee, though.
5. Friday, February 27, noon CET: everything is back on tracks, and
documentation is available so that you folks know what needs to be
done on your side. (Note: said documentation possibly will *not*
cover problems that you can be avoid by communicating your needs
to us in advance, so go read <857fvbi3cy.fsf@???> now if you
haven't yet.)
Questions?
Cheers,
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intrigeri
