[kde-doc-english] Please stop updating projects.kde.org->quickgit.kde.org

[Ben Cooksley]

On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 7:01 PM, Yuri Chornoivan <yurchor at ukr.net> wrote:
> написане Tue, 05 Apr 2016 09:45:53 +0300, Ben Cooksley <bcooksley at kde.org>:
>
>
>> On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 8:32 PM, Luigi Toscano <luigi.toscano at tiscali.it>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Il 04 aprile 2016 10:11:39 CEST, Ben Cooksley <bcooksley at kde.org> ha
>>> scritto:
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 10:37 PM, Luigi Toscano
>>>> <luigi.toscano at tiscali.it> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Yuri Chornoivan ha scritto:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> написане Sun, 03 Apr 2016 13:19:35 +0300, Luigi Toscano
>>>>>> <luigi.toscano at tiscali.it>:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> My understanding is that quickgit.kde.org will be replaced again by
>>>>>>> phabricator browser, so we will have to do this again. Moreover,
>>>>
>>>> the old URL
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> is a proper redirect now.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regretfully, this works for the main page only. Links to the files
>>>>
>>>> are broken.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Example (Okteta):
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://projects.kde.org/projects/kde/kdesdk/okteta/repository/revisions/master/show/kasten/controllers/view/structures/examples/okteta/structures
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It is good to wait for the new Phabricator, but I prefer the correct
>>>>
>>>> links
>>>>>>
>>>>>> now. And yes, I can do it again (change the links) as soon as the
>>>>
>>>> problems
>>>>>>
>>>>>> with Phabricator browser (?) will be resolved.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I didn't mean that we need to wait for the new Phabricator. Given
>>>>
>>>> that the
>>>>>
>>>>> changes are going into master only anyway, we could wait a bit (which
>>>>
>>>> could be
>>>>>
>>>>> something like from few hours to few days) to collect the
>>>>
>>>> requirements (like
>>>>>
>>>>> the one above) and see if it is possible to have an URL which will
>>>>
>>>> redirect to
>>>>>
>>>>> the proper place, so quickgit for now and Phabricator later, like
>>>>> commits.kde.org does.
>>>>>
>>>>> If we don't even ask or discuss, it won't never happen.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'll wait for the list of requirements to be gathered...
>>>> In any event, commits.kde.org/<repository name> is a valid redirect
>>>> url for the repository browser for a given repository.
>>>>
>>>> No idea what we would do for file/directory browsing URLs, as commits
>>>> was intended for commits.kde.org/repo/commitHash...
>>>
>>>
>>> I was using commits.kde.org as an example of immutable address survived
>>> and will survive various transitions of the underlying webapp.
>>> So the question is: would you (sysadmin) provide an reliable URL (which
>>> could be still the old projects.kde.org) to access a repository and a path
>>> insidie a repository, useful now for quickgit and later for Diffusion?
>>
>>
>> For repository, and branch I see no issue.
>> I'd like to see the use case of file paths though as i'm not sure how
>> much they're needed.
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Developers may refer to files or directories in the source tree for the
> materials that are not parts of distribution packages.
>
> Examples:
>
> 1. KGeography has scripts to create maps in the source tree:
>
> https://docs.kde.org/trunk5/en/kdeedu/kgeography/how-to-maps.html

Fair enough.

>
> 2. Krusader has instructions on how to compile it (INSTALL file):
>
> https://docs.kde.org/trunk5/en/extragear-utils/krusader/compilation.html

Not sure if users should be pointed to the compilation instructions....

>
> 3. Okteta has examples of structures in the source tree (see "Further
> information" section at the bottom):
>
> https://docs.kde.org/trunk5/en/kdesdk/okteta/tools-structures.html#idp60879664

Hm, okay.

>
> I'm not saying that storing such information directly in the sources is an
> ideal solution, but it worked by now.

Anyone got a proposal for what the url should look like?
Bear in mind the system needs to be able to discriminate between
<repo>/<branch>/<file path>

>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Best regards,
> Yuri

Regards,
Ben

>
>>
>>>
>>> Ciao
>>>
>>> --
>>> Luigi
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ben
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