[pkg-go] moving to salsa.debian.org

[Michael Stapelberg]

Thanks for the draft! Comments inline:

On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 10:31 PM, Alexandre Viau <aviau at debian.org> wrote:

> On 17/01/18 08:05 AM, Michael Stapelberg wrote:
> > I’d be happy to review any draft announcement you come up with.
> >
>
> Alright.
>
> Here is a draft announcement:
>
> Dear pkg-go contributors,
>
> I will be migrating all of pkg-go's Alioth repositories to
> salsa.debian.org on January 29.
>
> === About the migration ===
>
> - A mail will be sent to pkg-go-maintainers at lists.alioth.debian.org when
> the migration starts and when it ends
>
> - All repositories in git.debian.org:/git/pkg-go/packages will be
> migrated to the pkg-go-team group on salsa.debian.org[1] You should join
> the group if you are not already in it!
>
> - Repositories will keep the same name, with ".git" removed.
>
> - HTTP anonscm.debian.org links of migrated repositories will be
> redirected to the new location.
>  for example, you can test the following links:
>   - https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-go/packages/syncthing
>   - https://anonscm.debian.org/git/pkg-go/packages/syncthing.git
>
> === During the migration ===
>
> - Your pushes could be denied because the repository no longer exists.
> Don't panic! It was moved to Gitlab.
>
> - You may start using salsa repositories immediately after they are
> created.
>
> - If you push during the migration, take a moment to confirm that your
> changes are available on salsa
>
> === After the migration ===
>
> - On the next upload of your packages, please replace the VCS-*
> anonscm.debian.org links with the proper salsa.debian.org links.
>
> For example:
>  https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-go/packages/syncthing ->
> https://salsa.debian.org/pkg-go-team/syncthing
>  https://anonscm.debian.org/git/pkg-go/packages/syncthing.git ->
> https://salsa.debian.org/pkg-go-team/syncthing.git
>
> You might want to wait a couple of days after the migration before
> spending time doing this because I might automate it for all repositories.
>

Let’s figure this out before starting the process :). I’m in favor for
automating the step. The less people have to do mindless work that can
easily go wrong, the better (as evidenced by a number of incorrect Vcs-*
tags in our packages).


>
> - A copy of the migrated repositories will remain available in
>

“A read-only copy” please.


> git.debian.org:/git/pkg-go/packages-migrated-to-salsa
>
> - You will still be able to create repositories on Alioth, but there
> will be no other bulk migration.
>
> - If all went well, we might disable repository creation on Alioth a
> couple of days after the migration.
>

I’d like to disable repository creation at the start of the migration.
There’s no point in allowing backslide/stragglers like that. Everything
should be in one place.


>
> - You may point your git working directories to the new remote address
> with this oneliner:
>  ``git remote set-url origin git at salsa.debian.org:pkg-go-team/$(git
> config --get remote.origin.url | tr "/" "\n" | tail -n 1)``
>
> 1. https://salsa.debian.org/pkg-go-team
>
> Cheers,
>
> --
> Alexandre Viau
> aviau at debian.org
>
>
>


-- 
Best regards,
Michael
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