Re: Please merge the random translator into the Hurd repository

2014-06-12 Thread Samuel Thibault
Justus Winter, le Mon 09 Jun 2014 12:17:31 +0200, a écrit : > Quoting Justus Winter (2014-04-07 13:05:43) > > please merge the random translator (found in [0]) into the main Hurd > > repository. > > I read up on various repository merging options. I believe that for > our needs, the following ver

Re: Please merge the random translator into the Hurd repository

2014-06-12 Thread Richard Braun
On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 09:38:48AM +0200, Justus Winter wrote: > > I think I’ve already asked this one, but still: why not a Git > > submodule? > > Complexity. We are trying to reduce it. > > > One problem with the “merge ’em all” approach is > > that one can /add/ a th

Re: Please merge the random translator into the Hurd repository

2014-06-12 Thread Justus Winter
Quoting Ivan Shmakov (2014-06-11 18:13:22) > > Thomas Schwinge writes: > > On Mon, 09 Jun 2014 12:17:31 +0200, Justus Winter wrote: > > […] > > >> I prepared this for your consideration here: > > >> > http://darnassus.sceen.net/gitweb/teythoon/hurd.git/shortlog/refs/heads/merge-rando

Re: Please merge the random translator into the Hurd repository

2014-06-11 Thread Ivan Shmakov
> Thomas Schwinge writes: > On Mon, 09 Jun 2014 12:17:31 +0200, Justus Winter wrote: […] >> I prepared this for your consideration here: >> http://darnassus.sceen.net/gitweb/teythoon/hurd.git/shortlog/refs/heads/merge-random > That looks reasonable. I would have done the subdirecto

Re: Please merge the random translator into the Hurd repository

2014-06-10 Thread Thomas Schwinge
Hi Justus! On Mon, 09 Jun 2014 12:17:31 +0200, Justus Winter <4win...@informatik.uni-hamburg.de> wrote: > Quoting Justus Winter (2014-04-07 13:05:43) > > please merge the random translator (found in [0]) into the main Hurd > > repository. > > I read up on various repository merging options. For

Re: Please merge the random translator into the Hurd repository

2014-06-09 Thread Justus Winter
Hello Samuel :) Quoting Justus Winter (2014-04-07 13:05:43) > please merge the random translator (found in [0]) into the main Hurd > repository. I read up on various repository merging options. I believe that for our needs, the following very simple approach works well: 1. In the repository to

Re: Please merge the random translator into the Hurd repository

2014-04-07 Thread Zhang Cong
On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 7:58 PM, Richard Braun wrote: > > Grouping translators together along with the Hurd libraries and build > system makes the life of developers a lot easier. It reduces the > overhead related to build system settings, and it also reduces the > likeliness of mistakes. It reall

Re: Please merge the random translator into the Hurd repository

2014-04-07 Thread Samuel Thibault
Richard Braun, le Mon 07 Apr 2014 13:58:08 +0200, a écrit : > On Mon, Apr 07, 2014 at 01:49:52PM +0200, Thomas Schwinge wrote: > > If there is agreement, despite my comment b), that it'd be beneficial to > > merge the current "external" translators into the Hurd core repository's > > master branch,

Re: Please merge the random translator into the Hurd repository

2014-04-07 Thread Richard Braun
On Mon, Apr 07, 2014 at 01:49:52PM +0200, Thomas Schwinge wrote: > If there is agreement, despite my comment b), that it'd be beneficial to > merge the current "external" translators into the Hurd core repository's > master branch, if this substantially makes any workflows easier, then I'm > fine w

Re: Please merge the random translator into the Hurd repository

2014-04-07 Thread Thomas Schwinge
Hi! On Mon, 07 Apr 2014 13:05:43 +0200, Justus Winter <4win...@informatik.uni-hamburg.de> wrote: > please merge the random translator (found in [0]) into the main Hurd > repository. > > 0: git://git.sv.gnu.org/hurd/incubator.git, branch random I have previously (years ago) spoken in favor of ke

Please merge the random translator into the Hurd repository

2014-04-07 Thread Justus Winter
Dear maintainer :) please merge the random translator (found in [0]) into the main Hurd repository. 0: git://git.sv.gnu.org/hurd/incubator.git, branch random Rationale: The random translator provides /dev/{,u}random that provide cryptographically secure random numbers. A lot of software depend