From owner-freebsd-git@freebsd.org Wed Oct 14 18:09:20 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-git@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CDD343FB10 for ; Wed, 14 Oct 2020 18:09:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gbe@freebsd.org) Received: from smtp.freebsd.org (smtp.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::24b:4]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.freebsd.org", Issuer "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4CBL5r12lgz4JvL; Wed, 14 Oct 2020 18:09:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gbe@freebsd.org) Received: from localhost (p4fd3a1f5.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [79.211.161.245]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: gbe) by smtp.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A279723D14; Wed, 14 Oct 2020 18:09:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gbe@freebsd.org) Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2020 20:09:16 +0200 From: Gordon Bergling To: Warner Losh Cc: freebsd-git@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svnweb persistence Message-ID: <20201014180916.GA76192@lion.0xfce3.net> References: <20201014174214.GA66478@lion.0xfce3.net> <20201014175721.GA73584@lion.0xfce3.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Url: X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 12.2-STABLE amd64 X-Host-Uptime: 8:04PM up 1:57, 2 users, load averages: 0.44, 0.36, 0.37 X-BeenThere: freebsd-git@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.33 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion of git use in the FreeBSD project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2020 18:09:20 -0000 On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 12:02:45PM -0600, Warner Losh wrote: > On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 11:57 AM Gordon Bergling wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 11:44:56AM -0600, Warner Losh wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 11:42 AM Gordon Bergling > > wrote: > > > > regarding the upcoming switch from subversion to git. Is it planned > > that > > > > svnweb.freebsd.org is kept alive? > > > > > > > > There are numerous sources on the web where this host is referenced for > > > > commits. > > > > > > That's the plan for the foreseeable future, but some years from now we > > may > > > turn it off. > > > > > > Warner > > > > Thanks for the good news. Since the source repository has a history of > > nearly > > 20+ years, I would recommended that we keep that CNAME for at least this > > period > > of time alive. Maybe a static version, so that we don't have to keep the > > whole subversion infrastructure intact. > > > > To be fair, it's only 12 years of SVN data (prior to that it was CVS) and > we'll be retaining all the history in git with revision numbers, so we > might be able to do a redirect after we retire. When we did the CVS -> SVN > cutover, CVS was gone within a couple of years (I don't have the exact > timeline handy). > > The data will be available for sure. We'll do our best to make sure the > links work, but if that proves to be too difficult, we may drop them. The > svn server will run for a few years still, at least to the end of 12.x > branch. > > Warner Oh, okay, as far as I can remember FreeBSD was using subversion, I wasn't aware of the CVS history. If the service is getting retired a little script could be used that translate the URI parameters (of the subversin revision numbers) to the new github frontend. I could write this script if nobody steps up. --Gordon