Hello everybody,
as discussed before, we want to switch from the old git server to more powerful soft- and hardware. We will move the U-Boot master repository and all custodian repositories to gitlab.
The new URLs for cloning will become
https://gitlab.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot
for the master repository and
https://gitlab.denx.de/u-boot/custodians/u-boot-XXX
for the XXX custodian repo.
Note:
a) These are the Web URLs, from where you also can clone. Feel free to add a ".git" to these URLs. b) SSH access for the custodians is available under git@gitlab.denx.de:u-boot/custodians/u-boot-XXX.git c) git:// access is not available yet; this depends on the URL rewrite rules and DNS changes and will be added later - ASAP, see below.
The switch will take place as follows:
1. We will create user accounts for all custodians at gitlab.denx.de You will receive an e-mail notification with your login credentials. We will start with this this afternoon (CEST), so if you have not received such an e-mail by tomorrow morning, please let us know.
2. We will block your SSH keys on the old git server, thus effectively turning the custodian repositories into read-only mode. Custodians will not be able to push any new stuff to the old repositories any more.
This phase will start when all custodian repositories have been created, but in no case before 12:00 p. m. (noon) CEST. the next steps will follow as quickly as possible, ideally only a few minutes later.
3. The old repository will be cloned to the new gitlab server. This should not take long. We don't expect any long interruption. You wanted to have another cup of coffee anyway :-)
4. The custodian can resume work using the gitlab server, as soon as he can "see" his repository there. Tom should already be prepared to pull from the gitlab repos.
5. After all custodians have been moved, URL rewrite rules will be activated, and the DNS will be changed, so that the old URLs will still be working, though only for read-only access.
Note: this last step is the most error-prone one. It is likely that the rewrite roles are incomplete at the beginning, and/or incorrect for a few special cases. Please be patient and report such errors with enough detail to reproduce, then we will fix them.
6. Everybody is happy.
Hopefully.
OK, at least that's the theory. If there are problems please let us know (me and Harald hws@denx.de) and we will do our best to fix the issues as fast as possible.
Thanks, and please keep your finger's crossed.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk