Hi,
On Sat, 22 Mar 2008, Bryan Donlan wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 12:08 AM, Bryan Donlan <bdonlan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I'm planning to apply for the git summer of code project. My proposal
> > is based on the project idea of a subversion gateway for git,
> > implemented with a new subversion filesystem layer. A draft of my
> > proposal follows; I'd appreciate any comments/questions on it before
> > the application period proper begins.
>
> Thanks for all the comments. To try to avoid spamming the list, I've
> replied in a single message, if it'd be better to reply individually
> in the future please let me know.
My preference is to have single replies, possibly changing the subject
("xyz, was Re: blabla"), but it is maybe just me.
> Also, after looking at libgit in a bit more detail, I think it might be
> necessary to not use it after all, as subversion requires support for
> multiple open repositories, as well as thread safety (at least when
> accessing different open repo from different threads). Perhaps a
> thread-safe git library would be a nice SoC project as well?
As I said on IRC yesterday, I think that such a libgit.a would be nice,
_but_
- a lot of git programs expect to be one-shot, and libgit.a shows that,
- not many people will help you with your effort, but just ignore it and
actively introduce things that do not help libification (at least that's
my experience),
- unless you have a proper need for such a library, I do not think there
is enough motivation to actually get it to completion.
I once thought that libification would be nice, and important, but as I do
not need it myself, I reversed my opinion.
Ciao,
Dscho
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