[Magic-dev] magic CVS repository proposition

[David Fang]

Hi Tim (and users),

> I'm perfectly willing to host the CVS for Magic on the opencircuitdesign
> website.  For that matter, I could host the email archives as well---
> I just ported the xcircuit-dev mailing list from SourceForge because I
> didn't have enough control over it there, and it was getting flooded
> with spam.  I integrated a search engine into MailMan, which is a nice
> feature.  There's a Wiki for Magic and Xcircuit on the opencircuitdesign
> site now, as well.

	I'm just a pawn in this whole process.  :)  It wouldn't matter to
me where the home for magic was, as long as the server is reliable and
secure (backed up), AND public read-only CVS access was available to
everyone.  For example, do you have open repositories for the 7.2, 7.3
series?  From here, we have no CVS revision continuity, only the certain
releases on your website, which doesn't help us identify and backport
fixes.  (Or have I overlooked something?)
	I've heard similar grievances about sourceforge as well, which is
unfortunate.  As you may be aware, we're constantly battling spam on the
cornell magic mailing lists, which has been on emergency hold for as long
as I can remember.  The situation is almost tolerable today with the help
of filter/analysis tools, but still requires manual moderation (arg!).

> An alternative idea is to make one a mirror site of the other, although
> I don't know how well that works with the MailMan, UseMod, and CVS
> interfaces.

	I'm not sure how well mirroring would work with CVS.  I don't
think we'd need to consider it unless CVS bandwidth becomes a problem --
perhaps never.  Keeping the releases and possibly snapshots mirrored
would be a good idea.  I don't know if there are issues with mirroring
Wiki's -- that may not be necessary.

	Rajit (and developers), we could use your input.  :)



Fang