Re: [Tails-dev] Rewriting the Git repository

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Author: intrigeri
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Subject: Re: [Tails-dev] Rewriting the Git repository
intrigeri wrote (22 Feb 2015 16:33:51 GMT) :
> 1. Tuesday, February 24: Tails 1.3 is out


This happened.

>  2. By Tuesday, February 24, 8pm CET: obsolete branches have been
>     deleted from the Git repo


Done.

>     (and the process is scripted and
>     documented for those who will have to do it again on a regular
>     basis).


WIP (on Jurre's plate for 1.3.1) -- the existing PoC needs quite some
heavy lifting to be confidence-inspiring and maintainable.

What follows still seems to be realistic so far:

>  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