Is Git LFS an option? https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/git-lfs#installing-git-lfs Needs an LFS-aware host e.g. Bitbucket; I don't know what the Apache hosting setup is like.
On Fri, Jun 3, 2022 at 9:31 AM Finan, Sean <sean.fi...@childrens.harvard.edu.invalid> wrote: > Hi Tim, > > >we ran into issues in previous attempts at migration with the large file > sizes in our repo > > Indeed we did, and over the years I have had thoughts on that. > > Those large files are large ml models, which are (mostly) static, > replaceable/interchangeable, not always necessary, and in separate resource > (-res) modules separated from code modules. > > When I was a ctakes newby really disliked the separation of code from > resources by entirely separate -res modules. Since then, through working > on projects that use ctakes code but not (huge) resources as dependencies, > I have realized the wisdom of the modular separation. In fact, I put a > -huge- model in its own -res module so that I could <exclude> it from a > ctakes-dependent project, saving compile (download) time and disk space. > Like you, I don't like to "download the internet" with maven ;^) > > Right now we have the ner dictionaries in sourceforge, not the apache > repos. While this is done for legal reasons it has worked pretty well. > > I think that we could maintain an apache SVN repo of -res modules > containing only huge model files. I am guessing that we would have to > make it a "side/sub project" to maintain a separate repo (jenkins build, > etc.). > > Anyway, it would give us the freedom to use a github repo for code (and > non-model resources) without users needing to go through the github > large-file workflow, which I see as a barrier to entry. > > Thoughts? > > ________________________________________ > From: Miller, Timothy <timothy.mil...@childrens.harvard.edu.INVALID> > Sent: Thursday, June 2, 2022 6:21 PM > To: dev@ctakes.apache.org > Subject: Re: Apache cTAKES GitHub mirror is stuck in 2019 [EXTERNAL] > [SUSPICIOUS] [SUSPICIOUS] > > * External Email - Caution * > > > My recollection was that we ran into issues in previous attempts at > migration with the large file sizes in our repo. > Tim > > > On Thu, 2022-06-02 at 20:55 +0000, Finan, Sean wrote: > > * External Email - Caution * > > > > Thank you Gandhi and Richard. > > > Unless somebody else beats me to it I will perform some research and see > what approaches can be used and which might be best. In the end the cTAKES > Project Management Committee will need to vote for any action as sweeping > as moving to github. > > > Sean > > ________________________________________ > > From: gandhi rajan < > > <mailto:gandhiraja...@gmail.com> > > gandhiraja...@gmail.com > > > > > Sent: Thursday, June 2, 2022 9:02 AM > > To: > > <mailto:dev@ctakes.apache.org> > > dev@ctakes.apache.org > > > Subject: Re: Apache cTAKES GitHub mirror is stuck in 2019 [EXTERNAL] > > > * External Email - Caution * > > > > Hi Sean, > > > If we are sure that the SVN has all the latest changes and active > > development is primarily on SVN, then why don't we request a fresh git > > repository and push all the changes over there. > > > More info on > > < > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://infra.apache.org/svn-to-git-migration.html__;!!NZvER7FxgEiBAiR_!rXFMCtlZM4NpDPkgzeq-X2pj1rNwzQNTpZkMZXDoYiZKdJp0n4tDY6q9IcsGRPGrA6KhvmouV_1y_txDVok-tGy3dVLaqefQlQ$ > > > > > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://infra.apache.org/svn-to-git-migration.html__;!!NZvER7FxgEiBAiR_!rXFMCtlZM4NpDPkgzeq-X2pj1rNwzQNTpZkMZXDoYiZKdJp0n4tDY6q9IcsGRPGrA6KhvmouV_1y_txDVok-tGy3dVLaqefQlQ$ > > > > On Thu, Jun 2, 2022 at 5:52 PM Finan, Sean > > < > > <mailto:sean.fi...@childrens.harvard.edu.invalid> > > sean.fi...@childrens.harvard.edu.invalid > > > wrote: > > > Hi Richard, you bring up a valid concern. > > > cTAKES Developers: > > > The Apache Foundation has had an initiative to "move" all projects to > > GitHub for some time now. > > > I don't know much about how this is done. If anybody out there has > > knowledge or experience that they can pass on, please share. > > > Thanks, > > Sean > > ________________________________________ > > From: Richard Eckart de Castilho < > > <mailto:r...@apache.org> > > r...@apache.org > > > > > Sent: Thursday, June 2, 2022 3:39 AM > > To: > > <mailto:dev@ctakes.apache.org> > > dev@ctakes.apache.org > > > Subject: Apache cTAKES GitHub mirror is stuck in 2019 [EXTERNAL] > > > * External Email - Caution * > > > > Hi, > > > it appears that the GitHub mirror of Apache cTAKES may be stuck. > > > When I check the svn log of > > < > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/ctakes/trunk/__;!!NZvER7FxgEiBAiR_!pH7M7eePuLp7ejJW09QaoQOZsyoj1CD8QySUDx79FZmu6CUuooFcB0dk0hJQ7aI7G3Sq3Mz_GzoiL9XZi-zSEw$ > > > > > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/ctakes/trunk/__;!!NZvER7FxgEiBAiR_!pH7M7eePuLp7ejJW09QaoQOZsyoj1CD8QySUDx79FZmu6CUuooFcB0dk0hJQ7aI7G3Sq3Mz_GzoiL9XZi-zSEw$ > > > , I can > > see activity as recent as May 2022. > > > However, on GitHub, I can only see stale branches: > > > > < > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://github.com/apache/ctakes/branches__;!!NZvER7FxgEiBAiR_!pH7M7eePuLp7ejJW09QaoQOZsyoj1CD8QySUDx79FZmu6CUuooFcB0dk0hJQ7aI7G3Sq3Mz_GzoiL9Uu2s-59w$ > > > > > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://github.com/apache/ctakes/branches__;!!NZvER7FxgEiBAiR_!pH7M7eePuLp7ejJW09QaoQOZsyoj1CD8QySUDx79FZmu6CUuooFcB0dk0hJQ7aI7G3Sq3Mz_GzoiL9Uu2s-59w$ > > > > Wouldn't it be good if the GitHub mirror would be kept up-to-date? > > > Best, > > > -- Richard > > > > > -- > > Regards, > > Gandhi > > > "The best way to find urself is to lose urself in the service of others > !!!" >
