From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.7 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07398C433DF for ; Sat, 17 Oct 2020 13:51:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD30F20758 for ; Sat, 17 Oct 2020 13:51:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2438154AbgJQNrB (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Oct 2020 09:47:01 -0400 Received: from vulcan.kevinlocke.name ([107.191.43.88]:42924 "EHLO vulcan.kevinlocke.name" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S2438051AbgJQNrA (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Oct 2020 09:47:00 -0400 Received: from kevinlocke.name (2600-6c67-5080-46fc-566a-f14a-6484-6735.res6.spectrum.com [IPv6:2600:6c67:5080:46fc:566a:f14a:6484:6735]) (Authenticated sender: kevin@kevinlocke.name) by vulcan.kevinlocke.name (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 54C9C1D1E355; Sat, 17 Oct 2020 13:46:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: by kevinlocke.name (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 03767130021D; Sat, 17 Oct 2020 07:46:55 -0600 (MDT) Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2020 07:46:55 -0600 From: Kevin Locke To: Junio C Hamano Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Giuseppe Bilotta Subject: Re: [Request] gitweb: tag feeds Message-ID: <20201017134655.GA127715@kevinlocke.name> Mail-Followup-To: Kevin Locke , Junio C Hamano , git@vger.kernel.org, Giuseppe Bilotta References: <20201013221250.GA20483@kevinlocke.name> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 2020-10-16 at 09:43 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Kevin Locke writes: >> I've found the support for Atom and RSS commit feeds in gitweb to be >> very useful. I'd like to extend the support to include tag feeds as a >> simple means of announcing/tracking releases. Might such a feature be >> acceptable in some form? >> >> Giuseppe Bilotta raised this idea and provided an implementation in >> 2012[1] and 2017[2] which did not receive any responses on-list that I >> could find. Would these be a suitable starting point? > > I suspect that these patches would have been OK back then. > > The thing is, it appears nobody actively maintains gitweb anymore, > which cuts both ways. > > - We may not have made fundamental changes to the program in the > last 3 years, so patches from 2017 may still be relevant. > > - Even if 2017 patch were to be resurrected, nobody would be able > to review and vouch for the result. > > So, if you still use gitweb and want to take over its maintenance, > or if we can revive interest in those who want to maintain it, > perhaps. Understandable. Thanks for explaining the situation! That's good to know. For my current needs, switching to another web interface, like cgit, seems preferable. Best, Kevin