From: Suvayu Ali Date: Thu, 8 May 2014 22:00:46 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Re: Github? X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6d076b0c60ccee45c699a0485ad080505dd1b20b;p=notmuch-archives.git Re: Github? --- diff --git a/27/01275c6a0e610ff99ec6aef054ee253e814813 b/27/01275c6a0e610ff99ec6aef054ee253e814813 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..90cdaf457 --- /dev/null +++ b/27/01275c6a0e610ff99ec6aef054ee253e814813 @@ -0,0 +1,116 @@ +Return-Path: +X-Original-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Delivered-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) + by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C21C5431FBF + for ; Thu, 8 May 2014 15:00:57 -0700 (PDT) +X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org +X-Spam-Flag: NO +X-Spam-Score: -0.799 +X-Spam-Level: +X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.799 tagged_above=-999 required=5 + tests=[DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, + FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7] autolearn=disabled +Received: from olra.theworths.org ([127.0.0.1]) + by localhost (olra.theworths.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) + with ESMTP id t8wcx5E5TIio for ; + Thu, 8 May 2014 15:00:51 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from mail-ee0-f41.google.com (mail-ee0-f41.google.com + [74.125.83.41]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client + certificate requested) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id + 605C3431FAE for ; Thu, 8 May 2014 15:00:51 -0700 + (PDT) +Received: by mail-ee0-f41.google.com with SMTP id t10so2116610eei.14 + for ; Thu, 08 May 2014 15:00:50 -0700 (PDT) +DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; + h=sender:date:from:to:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:references + :mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to + :user-agent; bh=yp2/afdCVU72MpOWSIKlKwK3uwWyTaivinYFy3FkKD4=; + b=FQMCJc7yGIzmunLWVyTgCj2kThhScI50kV/SUstuxbuqUfRyqFW67WhRLlggnhR4SE + J2AvC7o54UW4LJkdUsmGdgAdBhAGQd0islvbEwP57orlUlj9ZZvQsTkZC+mcDIbwoM8y + sQIacUI8ergRD9EzCHGewP0TuuGG9qr55EeGb+GOke2xz1ai5iOWILHYrIdCykSaHOxD + AYEid0I0QLZJmi+6WxeTrz+qd+osqXkyDmQX6GN4vH6ptJN84QrznwNvqW3hoFZcOUAo + cAwZTau32t9npqcRHZyh3+I7OlPM1dwA5RUgfuzNotHgkSSndkLsaeSPKA395rWN0TMh + k0iQ== +X-Received: by 10.14.225.132 with SMTP id z4mr8579036eep.92.1399586449980; + Thu, 08 May 2014 15:00:49 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from chitra.no-ip.org (sd44012d5.adsl.online.nl. [212.64.18.213]) + by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id a6sm6964543eem.16.2014.05.08.15.00.48 + for + (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); + Thu, 08 May 2014 15:00:48 -0700 (PDT) +Sender: Suvayu Ali +Date: Fri, 9 May 2014 00:00:46 +0200 +From: Suvayu Ali +To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Subject: Re: Github? +Message-ID: <20140508220046.GB2374@chitra.no-ip.org> +Mail-Followup-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +References: + + <87iopgkaiz.fsf@nikula.org> + <20140508101325.GC23124@vilya.m0g.net> + + + <20140508203019.GA2374@chitra.no-ip.org> + <20140508212100.GD23124@vilya.m0g.net> +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii +Content-Disposition: inline +In-Reply-To: <20140508212100.GD23124@vilya.m0g.net> +User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.22.1 (2013-10-16) +X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 +Precedence: list +List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." + +List-Unsubscribe: , + +List-Archive: +List-Post: +List-Help: +List-Subscribe: , + +X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 May 2014 22:00:57 -0000 + +On Thu, May 08, 2014 at 11:21:00PM +0200, guyzmo wrote: +> On Thu, May 08, 2014 at 10:30:19PM +0200, Suvayu Ali wrote: +> > On Thu, May 08, 2014 at 01:14:51PM -0700, Wael M. Nasreddine wrote: +> > > On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 12:54 PM, Wael Nasreddine +> > > wrote: +> [...] +> > > Can you guys at least consider splitting contrib/ and bindings/ into their +> > > own repo? It will make it easier for people to use the go bindings (for +> > > example) or to include the vim plugin as a submodule (or Vundle bundle). +> > +> > What is the problem if contrib and bindings are part of the main repo? +> > In fact I would argue it is undesirable to split them. If there are +> > major changes in libnotmuch, or the cli, it is much easier to make the +> > corresponding changes in bindings to keep everything working. If there +> > is a separate repo, communicating this dependency, although not +> > impossible, is difficult. I would also like to point out almost all +> > FOSS projects I follow, or contribute to practises this. +> +> do you know about git submodules? It's actually there to be able to +> track changes on remote repositories that are closely related, while +> keeping a sane separation. + +I do, hence the "although not impossible". It's still adding complexity +that is not needed for something like language bindings. + +What is so hard to package them when part of the project repo? In fact, +I package notmuch along with its python bindings and a few utilities +from contrib for Fedora[1]. The default Fedora packages are horribly +outdated. One of my TODOs is to also package the ruby bindings, and +notmuch-vim. The only thing preventing me now is my unfamiliarty with +ruby, and Fedora packaging guidelines for ruby-gems. + +Footnotes: + +[1] http://copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org/results/fatka/notmuch/fedora-20-x86_64/notmuch-0.18-5.20140506.git.8ecc7db3.fc20/ + + +-- +Suvayu + +Open source is the future. It sets us free.