> -----Original Message----- > From: dev [mailto:dev-boun...@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Tiwei Bie > Sent: Thursday, June 1, 2017 6:08 AM > To: dev@dpdk.org > Cc: Richardson, Bruce <bruce.richard...@intel.com>; > yuanhan....@linux.intel.com; Ananyev, Konstantin > <konstantin.anan...@intel.com>; tho...@monjalon.net > Subject: [dpdk-dev] [RFC] proposal of allowing personal/project repos on > DPDK.org > > Hello everyone, > > We'd like to make a proposal of making DPDK.org allow hosting > some personal/project repos, which could be very useful when > someone wants to try some experimental projects in DPDK. Many > formal/mature opensource communities allow this. Such as: > > FreeBSD: > > The main branch is here: > > https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/ > > And developers can try or start experimental projects here: > > https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/user/ > https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/projects/ > https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/vendor/ > ... > > We can also find similar things on kernel.org and freedesktop.org: > > https://git.kernel.org/ > https://cgit.freedesktop.org/ > > But currently on DPDK.org, for the repos of DPDK, besides the main > repo, there are just one repo for stable release, few old repos > which are obsoleted, and some "-next" repos which are mainly used > as the preparation of pull requests for different subsystems of DPDK. > Some “-next” repos may be developed individually for a short time > when they are created, but will always be merged to the main repo > after few releases. We think they are too formal/limited to try > new ideas. > > What we want to proposal is to make DPDK.org allow hosting some > DPDK based repos which may be very experimental, which even not > be planned to be merged back to the main repo directly, and may > be deleted directly if it proves that no one really cares about > it. Just like what other opensource communities did, allow some > core developers/vendors create their own repos and try ideas on > DPDK.org without too many restrictions. We think it can provide > people a very convenient way to try ideas in DPDK community and > eventually help DPDK grow. > > Allowing it won't have any negative impact on the existing repos > of DPDK, instead, it can help to keep them tidy and clean when > someone wants/needs to try some very experimental and big ideas > publicly in DPDK as he/she can start it in an experimental repo. > An experimental repo can be merged back to the main repo when it > proves to be mature and useful, or could just be deleted when no > one really cares about it any more. > > Please share your thoughts on this. Many thanks! :-) > > Best regards, > Tiwei Bie
+1 Fd.io has the sandbox area, why not having something similar on dpdk.org?
