github mirroring

[Karsten 'quaid' Wade]

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On 12/10/2011 03:41 AM, Dan Kenigsberg wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 09, 2011 at 10:54:05AM +0200, Itamar Heim wrote:
>> I've added mirroring to github from gerrit git repos 
>> https://github.com/gerrit-ovirt-org
>> 
>> only enabled for ovirt-engine for now to allow people to comment
>>  before i enable all repos: 
>> https://github.com/gerrit-ovirt-org/ovirt-engine
> 
> What is the motivation of this mirror? Backup? It is not clear from
>  github that it is only a mirror, not a competing fork.

I think the motivation is to make it easy for people to use a favorite
method for cloning/forking. By maintaining the official mirror, I
reckon we make it easier to take patches back in to the main tree.

> Having multiple upstream repo is bound to confuse users, and if I 
> may stray into marketing - dilute the oVirt brand.

Agreed that it should not appear to be anything more than a mirror.

Can we just put some clear language in?

- - Karsten
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