On Fri, 2020-10-16 at 09:43 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Kevin Locke <kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> I've found the support for Atom and RSS commit feeds in gitweb to be >> very useful. I'd like to extend the support to include tag feeds as a >> simple means of announcing/tracking releases. Might such a feature be >> acceptable in some form? >> >> Giuseppe Bilotta raised this idea and provided an implementation in >> 2012[1] and 2017[2] which did not receive any responses on-list that I >> could find. Would these be a suitable starting point? > > I suspect that these patches would have been OK back then. > > The thing is, it appears nobody actively maintains gitweb anymore, > which cuts both ways. > > - We may not have made fundamental changes to the program in the > last 3 years, so patches from 2017 may still be relevant. > > - Even if 2017 patch were to be resurrected, nobody would be able > to review and vouch for the result. > > So, if you still use gitweb and want to take over its maintenance, > or if we can revive interest in those who want to maintain it, > perhaps. Understandable. Thanks for explaining the situation! That's good to know. For my current needs, switching to another web interface, like cgit, seems preferable. Best, Kevin
