On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 4:38 PM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 21 March 2016 at 20:32, Jim Jagielski <j...@jagunet.com> wrote:
>> I do, but I'm still unclear on dealing w/ the GH workflow.
>>
>> Can I just do it via svn, or even *our* git and not deal
>> w/ GH at all?

You can do it entirely using *our* git and not deal with GH at all.

> You can certainly just work on a clone of our Git; no need to use
> GitHub (once you are set up correctly).

Nothing needs to be set up to use our git:

https://git-dual.apache.org/repos/asf/whimsy.git

Pushes there are automatically picked up.  I've done it.

Jim, perhaps you could try pushing a minor change to README.md and
letting us know how it works out?

- Sam Ruby

>>> On Mar 21, 2016, at 4:19 PM, Sam Ruby <ru...@intertwingly.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 3:14 PM, Jim Jagielski <j...@jagunet.com> wrote:
>>>> Well, it looks like the format has been changing... so I
>>>> can see concerns.
>>>>
>>>> But really, I'm not sure why it needs to be so
>>>> "standardized" esp when it's mucking around with
>>>> stuff it has no reason to. It's adding a line, so
>>>> I don't see the reason why it has to "recreate" the
>>>> file in the 1st place. Either it finds where a new
>>>> proxy needs to go and adds it there, or find the
>>>> line that needs to be updated, and modified *that*
>>>> line, or it finds the line it needs to delete
>>>> and trashes it.
>>>>
>>>> If a tool is updating a file which is also mostly edited
>>>> by humans, it should be pretty lax about enforcing
>>>> a "format" imo. If it doesn't need to mess with
>>>> a line, it should leave it alone or output it
>>>> exactly as it was read...
>>>
>>> Originally, this was a sorted index of files in the associated
>>> proxies-received directory.
>>>
>>> I'm OK with the idea of requirements changing and/or this being a bug
>>> in the first place.
>>>
>>> None of us like the idea of single maintainer tools.  In this case,
>>> what we have here is a small, standalone tool.  After the dust settles
>>> (i.e., after the meeting is over), anybody want to take a crack at
>>> improving it?
>>>
>>> Note: improving it could mean rewriting in Python and moving to Steve,
>>> I don't care.  What I do care about is having multiple maintainers.
>>>
>>> - Sam Ruby
>>>
>>>>> On Mar 21, 2016, at 3:02 PM, Sam Ruby <ru...@intertwingly.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I think having a proxy web interface continues to be a good idea; but we 
>>>>> need to come to a common understanding of the data format.  Too late for 
>>>>> this meeting, but I'm inclined to change to a JSON format for future 
>>>>> meetings.
>>>>>
>>>>> Here's the relevant lines:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://github.com/apache/whimsy/blob/c5329abf90371ff2377bcb6f087abb59605bcea4/www/members/proxy.cgi#L163
>>>>>
>>>>> Most importantly, lines that do NOT match /   \S.*\(\S+\)$/ are lost.
>>>>>
>>>>> This is clearly problematic.
>>>>>
>>>>> Suggestions welcome!
>>>>>
>>>>> - Sam Ruby
>>

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