pkgsrc-wip migration to git TODO

convert repository

DONE

• get list of committers -- cut-off date is September 15

  sourceforge user name => Full Name (possible mostly from commit emails) and email address (asked on pkgsrc-users, tech-pkg (twice each), netbsd-announce, blog.netbsd.org).

  authors list started here

  how to use authors list: see e.g. reposurgeon(1) "ARTIFACT REMOVAL" section, "authors" keyword

• convert

• close down CVS

  add a new script with an error message (indicating the new repository location) and exit 1, and use it as verifymsg script for the wip tree. See e.g. here

git setup

• add IPv6 support

DONE

• add check that no new tags are created

• add SSL support

DONE

• set up git server (SSH) -- done

• set up HTTP server for repository -- done (gitweb)

• add user accounts

  ask for SSH keys on pkgsrc-user

  done in http://mail-index.netbsd.org/pkgsrc-users/2015/08/21/msg022059.html

• add script that generates commit emails -- done

• improve script that generates commit emails: subject should contain useful path -- done

  after discussions we decided to use git standards instead: first block of commit in subject

• add script that checks no new branches are created -- done

• include the pusher in the commit emails

• fix UTF-8 in committer's name (From:, body)

sourceforge shutdown

DONE

• shut down remaining mailing lists

• clean up htdocs-wip

  make htdocs-wip a redirect to wip-users and link the new location

documentation

DONE

• how users should set up their global git config -- done

• how to pull -- done

• how to push -- done

• how to rebase

various

DONE

• snapshots -- done (webgit)