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It's been done and I've made two check ins already. I need to step out of the office right _now_ (immediately), so I won't be available to help in detail. These commands should work, though: git clone git://git-mirror.gnome.org/git/orca cd orca Will On 04/17/09 10:20, John covici wrote: > Hi. I tried to get the orca git version, but got the error fatal: > remote hung up unexpectedly. Is it not there yet? > > on Monday 04/13/2009 Willie Walker(William Walker Sun COM) wrote > > I'm sorry if I was unclear about this. Here's the deal: > > > > * Orca is an open source project. Orca's sources are currently stored > > in a public source code repository maintained by GNOME. Source code > > repositories enable you to do things such as record changes to code > > bases, branch for releases, etc. The system GNOME currently uses for > > this is called "subversion" or SVN. There are other systems used for > > maintaining sources, such as CVS, mercurial, teamware, and GIT. > > > > * You can always get the latest Orca sources, even the sources that > > have not yet been released yet as part of a release, by obtaining them > > from the source code repository. Many users on this list do so. We > > currently call it "pulling from SVN trunk." > > > > * GNOME team has decided to move towards GIT. I'm not interested in > > any arguments for or against this because the decision has been made > > and it is being done. > > > > * As a result, Orca will be migrated to GIT. You will still have the > > same free, unblocked, and immediate access to the sources, except you > > will be using GIT and not SVN. In other words, the only changes will > > be the commands you type. Please take the time to read the link > > provided below, and please take the time to read the link which it > > points to: http://live.gnome.org/GitMigration/Git > > > > * The Orca WIKI will need updating to refer to GIT instead of > > subversion and svn. It should be relatively painless. Any volunteers > > to edit the WIKI? > > > > Will > > > > On Apr 13, 2009, at 9:42 AM, Willie Walker wrote: > > > > > For those of you who pull from SVN, this is a big FYI... > > > > > > Will > > > > > > Begin forwarded message: > > > > > >> From: Lucas Rocha<lucasr gnome org> > > >> Date: March 19, 2009 7:04:33 AM EDT > > >> To: devel-announce-list gnome org, "gnome-i18n gnome org" > > >> <gnome-i18n gnome org>, Gnome Doc List<gnome-doc-list gnome org>, > > >> desktop-devel-list<desktop-devel-list gnome org>, > > >> gnome-infrastructure gnome org > > >> Subject: GNOME to migrate to git > > >> > > >> The GNOME Release Team would like to announce that git will be the > > >> new Version > > >> Control System (VCS) for GNOME. In our opinion, the decision reflects > > >> the opinion > > >> of the majority of our active contributors. > > >> > > >> In December 2008, Behdad Esfahbod organized the GNOME DVCS > > >> (Distributed Version > > >> Control System) Survey on behalf of the GNOME Foundation board of > > >> directors, > > >> Release Team, and Sysadmin Team with the aim of better understanding > > >> familiarity and preferences of our active contributor base regarding > > >> the future > > >> VCS for GNOME. The survey results[1], released in January 2009, show > > >> that git > > >> is by far the preferred DVCS for the majority of our active > > >> contributors - the > > >> main users of GNOME infrastructure. Elijah Newren has made an > > >> in-depth analysis > > >> of the results[2]. > > >> > > >> Since January 2009, a group of brave contributors (Owen Taylor, > > >> Kristian > > >> H gsberg, Behdad Esfahbod, Federico Quintero, and others) have been > > >> working on > > >> the migration of our Subversion repositories to git[3]. The git > > >> migration team > > >> is documenting their progress at: > > >> > > >> http://live.gnome.org/GitMigration > > >> > > >> The new git.gnome.org server is now in good shape and contains a > > >> functional > > >> preview of all GNOME git repositories. The official migration of all > > >> our > > >> Subversion repositories to git will take place just after the 2.26.1 > > >> release, on April 16. > > >> > > >> The git migration team is now working on sorting out the last details > > >> of the > > >> migration and providing complete documentation on how to use git on > > >> daily GNOME > > >> contributions (for documentors, translators, developers, etc). By > > >> migrating in > > >> the very beginning of the 2.27.x development cycle, we'll be able to > > >> work out > > >> any issues very early in the development cycle and give enough time > > >> for > > >> contributors to get used to the new VCS. > > >> > > >> We realize that git is not perfect, and that the transition will > > >> require > > >> significant and important changes to many GNOME processes. With that > > >> in mind, > > >> we hope that more community members will step forward to help making > > >> the process > > >> as efficient and painless as possible. We'd like to invite the > > >> community to: > > >> a) help us to provide accurate documentation for documentors, > > >> translators and > > >> developers; b) test the preview repositories in git.gnome.org and > > >> help the git > > >> migration team on finding and fixing any issues in the repositories > > >> you work > > >> on. For instance, modules using svn externals need decision from their > > >> respective maintainers[5]. > > >> > > >> If you'd like to help, subcribe to gnome-infrastructure[4] and > > >> report/discuss > > >> any issues you find there. > > >> > > >> Cheers! > > >> > > >> The GNOME Release Team > > >> > > >> [1] http://www.gnome.org/~behdad/dvcs-survey/ > > >> [2] > > >> http://blogs.gnome.org/newren/2009/01/03/gnome-dvcs-survey-results/ > > >> [3] > > >> http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2009-January/ > > >> msg00137.html > > >> [4] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-infrastructure > > >> [5] > > >> http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-infrastructure/2009-March/ > > >> msg00054.html > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> desktop-devel-list mailing list > > >> desktop-devel-list gnome org > > >> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list > > _______________________________________________ > > Orca-list mailing list > > Orca-list gnome org > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list > > Visit http://live.gnome.org/Orca for more information on Orca. > > The manual is at http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-access-guide/nightly/ats-2.html > > The FAQ is at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions > > Netiquette Guidelines are at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions/NetiquetteGuidelines _______________________________________________ Orca-list mailing list Orca-list gnome org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list Visit http://live.gnome.org/Orca for more information on Orca. The manual is at http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-access-guide/nightly/ats-2.html The FAQ is at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions Netiquette Guidelines are at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions/NetiquetteGuidelines