From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ian Jackson Subject: Re: default xen "make world" again dependent on non-xenbits repositories and non-http protocol Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 16:23:49 +0100 Message-ID: <19148.45701.595939.902648@mariner.uk.xensource.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com To: Dan Magenheimer Cc: "Xen-Devel (E-mail)" List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org Dan Magenheimer writes ("[Xen-devel] default xen "make world" again dependent on non-xenbits repositories and non-http protocol"): > Argh! I know there's been a lot of effort over the years > on driving the Xen build mechanism to work from a single > server (xenbits). I notice that (probably for awhile, but > I just noticed it) a default "make world" on a fresh > clone again depends on a different server, namely > git.kernel.org. As far as I'm concerned we've made a conscious decision to make an exception for git.kernel.org, which is after all a very high-profile site that a lot of people depend on which ought not to be down very often or for very long. The kernel is big and has complex development processes and running our own infrastructure for hosting it doesn't seem sensible. And, of course, building it is optional (although enabled by default). Ian.