Question about git repository layout + releases

[Dominik Haumann]

On Thursday, 21. October 2010, David Faure wrote:
> On Friday 15 October 2010, Christoph Cullmann wrote:
> > On 10/09/2010 02:37 PM, Christoph Cullmann wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > Kate is atm in kdesdk, KWrite in kdebase/apps and the part in
> > > kdelibs.
> > > 
> > > We played with unifying all three parts (+ the ktexteditor
> > > interfaces) in one git repository on gitorious since some months.
> > > 
> > > It makes development much easier, given most times you need to touch
> > > all parts (beside the interfaces).
> > > 
> > > Now the git migration is on the move and we need to leave gitorious
> > > soon (at least else there will be problems, like there will be no
> > > longer a kde- developers group and so on).
> > > 
> > > I would naturally like to just move the current repo to git.kde.org
> > > and later, when the other parts of kde move remove the kate parts
> > > from kdesdk/kdebase/libs.
> > > 
> > > I guess ktexteditor interfaces must stay there, as they are part of
> > > kdelibs API. That can be stripped again from the kate repo if needed.
> > > 
> > > No my question: Whereas the git stuff is no problem itself, is it
> > > then still possible to have the kate repo auto-released with KDE SC
> > > like atm?
> > > 
> > > And if not, how is the splitting of modules like kdesdk or others be
> > > handled then?
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > perhaps I am a pain, but: ping, any update?
> > The kde-developers group will vanish in some weeks, would like to know
> > what to do ;)
> 
> I'm not sure, but it seems to me that the sysadmin team (not me, the
> actual sysadmins) has currently a better overview on the git migration
> than release- team. You should probably ask them (#kde-sysadmin on irc,
> or sysadmin@ email).

Any news about this? I'm right now trying to push something to gitorious, 
and it's again down (*). A switch is definitely welcome.

Thanks
Dominik
(*) KDE did the right decision with not switching to gitorious