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

[Michael Stapelberg]

On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 8:35 AM, Alexandre Viau <aviau at debian.org> wrote:

> On 18/01/18 04:30 PM, Michael Stapelberg wrote:
> > Thanks for the draft! Comments inline:
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 10:31 PM, Alexandre Viau <aviau at debian.org
> > <mailto:aviau at debian.org>> wrote:
> >
> >     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).
>
> Alright, done. I have updated my migration script to edit Vcs-* urls!
> (https://salsa.debian.org/aviau/migrate-pkg-go-to-salsa)
>
> It does not create a changelog entry yet, but I'll fix that before the
> migration.
>
> >
> >
> >     - A copy of the migrated repositories will remain available in
> >
> >
> > “A read-only copy” please.
>
> Okay, I agree.
>
> >
> >
> >     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.
>
> Okay, but can you allow me to do that? You are the only owner of the
> setup-repository script. I would just `chmod -x setup-repository`.
>

I can perform that step when the migration starts.


>
> That would be my new draft announcement:
>
> ```
> Dear pkg-go contributors,
>
> I will be migrating all of pkg-go's Alioth repositories to
> salsa.debian.org <http://salsa.debian.org/> on <date>.
>
> === About the migration ===
>
> - A mail will be sent to pkg-go-maintainers at lists.alioth.debian.org
> <mailto: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
> <http://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 <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/cgit/pkg-go/packages/syncthing>
>   - https://anonscm.debian.org/git/pkg-go/packages/syncthing.git
> <https://anonscm.debian.org/git/pkg-go/packages/syncthing.git>
>
> - Vcs-* urls will be automatically replaced in debian/control
>
> - Repository creation on Alioth will be created when the migration
> starts. It will not be re-enabled.
>
> === During the migration ===
>
> - You may still push to Alioth. However, your pushes could be denied
> because the repository no longer exists.Don't panic! It was moved to
> Gitlab. If you push to Alioth during the migration, take a moment to
> confirm that your changes are available on salsa after the migration,
> just in case there was some sort of race condition.
>
> - You may start using salsa repositories immediately after they are
> created. No need to wait for the migration to end.
>
> === After the migration ===
>
> - A read-only copy of the migrated repositories will remain available in
> git.debian.org:/git/pkg-go/packages-migrated-to-salsa
>
> - 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
> <https://salsa.debian.org/pkg-go-team>
>
> Cheers,
>
> ```
>
> We will wait for an answer from tincho before we pick a date, but do you
> have any other comments on the announcement?
>

Looks good to me :)


>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Alexandre Viau
> aviau at debian.org
>
>
>


-- 
Best regards,
Michael
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