[Kde-scm-interest] Alternate Git options

[Ian Monroe]

On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 8:13 AM, Esben Mose Hansen <kde at mosehansen.dk> wrote:
> On Tuesday 11 May 2010 21:29:47 Jeff Mitchell wrote:
>> This all said, we discussed a few alternatives in #kde-git and I was
>> asked to put them on this list for discussion:
>
> I know this is probably a stupid question, but since I can't see the answer,
> perhaps other can't either. As far as I can see, we need
>
> 1. Actual git repositories
> 2. User access controls
> 3. Merge requests/reviewboard
> 4. A bug tracking system
>
> How about the really simple solution of git + ssh + unix groups, and patching
> reviewboard to support git, while keeping bugzilla as is? While nowhere near
> as fancy, it seems a robust solution with minimal impact and maintenance,
> where the only hard part would be the reviewboard patching. There, a simple
> solution could be a social control, where non-trivial patches are not pushed
> until reviewboarded, but are otherwise pushed in the normal git-push fashion?
> If we wanted to be fancy, we could have a sign-off SHA or URI in the commit
> message, which could even be required.

On top of git + ssh + unix group you need some administrative tools to
handle user creation and management of hundreds of users. Thats what
Gitolite does.

Ian