Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-incubator-ooo-dev-archive@minotaur.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-ooo-dev-archive@minotaur.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3AA4D7DDE for ; Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:24:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 74770 invoked by uid 500); 22 Sep 2011 12:24:00 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-ooo-dev-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 74736 invoked by uid 500); 22 Sep 2011 12:24:00 -0000 Mailing-List: contact ooo-dev-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 74728 invoked by uid 99); 22 Sep 2011 12:23:59 -0000 Received: from minotaur.apache.org (HELO minotaur.apache.org) (140.211.11.9) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:23:59 +0000 Received: from localhost (HELO mail-vx0-f175.google.com) (127.0.0.1) (smtp-auth username robweir, mechanism plain) by minotaur.apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:23:59 +0000 Received: by vcbfl17 with SMTP id fl17so425284vcb.6 for ; Thu, 22 Sep 2011 05:23:58 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.115.4 with SMTP id jk4mr1811609vdb.488.1316694238652; Thu, 22 Sep 2011 05:23:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.94.69 with HTTP; Thu, 22 Sep 2011 05:23:58 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <4E78961B.9030505@googlemail.com> <4728F87D-EF27-45C5-8AE6-339C1B9AF5F7@Janik.cz> <4E7A67C2.7080203@web.de> Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 08:23:58 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: handling of ext_sources - Juergen's suggestion [was: Re: A systematic approach to IP review?] From: Rob Weir To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 2011/9/22 Pavel Jan=C3=ADk : >> Proposed way to move forward >> >> 1. put the externals under .../trunk/ext_sources >> .../trunk/ext_sources >> .../trunk/main >> .../trunk/extras >> 2. adapt configure to use this as default, disable the download (maybe >> reactivate it later if we move to a DSCM) >> 3. keep the process with checking the md5 sum as it is (for potential la= ter >> use) >> >> Any opinions or suggestions? > > > +1. > > And one more question: > > If we put something into SVN into .../trunk/ext_sources, do we have some = URL that can replace http://hg.... so users don't have to check out everyth= ing? Ie. do we have a URL where we have "real checkout" of the SVN? Some SV= N web interface? Don't know Apache infra well yet... That would be real kil= ler solution! > -- I was thinking something similar. We only need to use the SVN interface to the files when we're adding or updating. But we can have bootstrap continue to download via http. The location, using Juergen's proposed location, would be http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/ooo/trunk/ext-sources This would save having a duplicate local SVN working copy of the file, righ= t? -Rob