Will Dietz
2015-Mar-09 17:02 UTC
[LLVMdev] unofficial github llvm-mirror: announce, frequency update, ownership
Hi all, I'd like to announce the "unofficial llvm github mirror", which I've been running for a bit over 3 years now: https://github.com/llvm-mirror Why is this useful in addition to the existing llvm git mirrors? * quick code browsing, easy to link to a particular line or commit * github projects based on LLVM can simply fork (server-side) and avoid uploading project contents and history repeatedly * potentially faster cloning speeds[1] * commits link to github profiles (who is this fellow, what else is he up to?), profiles show commit activity * reduce load on llvm hosting services ("if you don't use the github mirror you're costing us money!" hehe I kid) * lists the projects available via git Anyway, if this sounds useful to you for whatever reason please make use of it and happy compiler hacking :). ------------------------------------------------- For those familiar with this mirror, I've bumped the update frequency from one hour to five minutes. There has been mention that one hour makes it much less useful for development use, hopefully this helps alleviate that concern. ------------------------------------------------- Finally, I'd like to discuss LLVM taking over this service officially. Few reasons why this makes sense: * mirrors should be updated by a server-side hook, not periodic polling * it has become moderately popular (currently first hit on google for 'llvm git'[2]) (multiple implications here) * supporting this officially should require only minor effort, a simple server-side git hook[3] What do you think? I'm happy to run it as long as I'm able, it's rather low-maintenance and I take a bit of pride seeing it used as much as it is :). However, from the start I've had the intention of either handing it over or shutting it down on request, so if making this official sounds good then let me know and I'll work with you to make the transition and pass over account ownership. Thanks, have a good one! ~Will [1] I don't have numbers for this myself, but it's been mentioned on the mailing list and wouldn't surprise me. [2] http://www.google.com/search?pws=0&q=llvm+git [3] https://help.github.com/articles/about-github-mirrors/
Jonathan Roelofs
2015-Apr-23 20:37 UTC
[LLVMdev] unofficial github llvm-mirror: announce, frequency update, ownership
+cfe-dev, +cfe-commits, +llvm-commits On 3/9/15 11:02 AM, Will Dietz wrote:> Hi all, > > I'd like to announce the "unofficial llvm github mirror", which I've > been running for a bit over 3 years now: > > https://github.com/llvm-mirror > > Why is this useful in addition to the existing llvm git mirrors? > * quick code browsing, easy to link to a particular line or commit > * github projects based on LLVM can simply fork (server-side) and > avoid uploading project contents and history repeatedly > * potentially faster cloning speeds[1] > * commits link to github profiles (who is this fellow, what else is he > up to?), profiles show commit activity > * reduce load on llvm hosting services ("if you don't use the github > mirror you're costing us money!" hehe I kid) > * lists the projects available via git > > Anyway, if this sounds useful to you for whatever reason please make > use of it and happy compiler hacking :).Thanks for setting this up! I've personally found it extremely useful. The other one that I find useful is Chapuni's combined repo.> > ------------------------------------------------- > > For those familiar with this mirror, I've bumped the update frequency > from one hour to five minutes. There has been mention that one hour > makes it much less useful for development use, hopefully this helps > alleviate that concern. > > ------------------------------------------------- > > Finally, I'd like to discuss LLVM taking over this service officially. > > Few reasons why this makes sense: > * mirrors should be updated by a server-side hook, not periodic polling > * it has become moderately popular (currently first hit on google for > 'llvm git'[2]) (multiple implications here) > * supporting this officially should require only minor effort, a > simple server-side git hook[3] > > What do you think? > > I'm happy to run it as long as I'm able, it's rather low-maintenance > and I take a bit of pride seeing it used as much as it is :). > > However, from the start I've had the intention of either handing it > over or shutting it down on request, so if making this official sounds > good then let me know and I'll work with you to make the transition > and pass over account ownership.I like the idea of this becoming an official community supported/owned thing. I'm not sure how to make that happen, however... I'm not involved much in the "infrastructure" side of things. Cheers, Jon> > Thanks, have a good one! > > ~Will > > [1] I don't have numbers for this myself, but it's been mentioned on > the mailing list and wouldn't surprise me. > [2] http://www.google.com/search?pws=0&q=llvm+git > [3] https://help.github.com/articles/about-github-mirrors/ > _______________________________________________ > LLVM Developers mailing list > LLVMdev at cs.uiuc.edu http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu > http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/llvmdev >-- Jon Roelofs jonathan at codesourcery.com CodeSourcery / Mentor Embedded
Tobias Grosser
2015-Apr-24 05:56 UTC
[LLVMdev] [cfe-dev] unofficial github llvm-mirror: announce, frequency update, ownership
On 04/23/2015 10:37 PM, Jonathan Roelofs wrote:> +cfe-dev, +cfe-commits, +llvm-commits > > > On 3/9/15 11:02 AM, Will Dietz wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I'd like to announce the "unofficial llvm github mirror", which I've >> been running for a bit over 3 years now: >> >> https://github.com/llvm-mirror >> >> Why is this useful in addition to the existing llvm git mirrors? >> * quick code browsing, easy to link to a particular line or commit >> * github projects based on LLVM can simply fork (server-side) and >> avoid uploading project contents and history repeatedly >> * potentially faster cloning speeds[1] >> * commits link to github profiles (who is this fellow, what else is he >> up to?), profiles show commit activity >> * reduce load on llvm hosting services ("if you don't use the github >> mirror you're costing us money!" hehe I kid) >> * lists the projects available via git >> >> Anyway, if this sounds useful to you for whatever reason please make >> use of it and happy compiler hacking :). > > Thanks for setting this up! I've personally found it extremely useful. > > The other one that I find useful is Chapuni's combined repo. > >> >> ------------------------------------------------- >> >> For those familiar with this mirror, I've bumped the update frequency >> from one hour to five minutes. There has been mention that one hour >> makes it much less useful for development use, hopefully this helps >> alleviate that concern. >> >> ------------------------------------------------- >> >> Finally, I'd like to discuss LLVM taking over this service officially. >> >> Few reasons why this makes sense: >> * mirrors should be updated by a server-side hook, not periodic polling >> * it has become moderately popular (currently first hit on google for >> 'llvm git'[2]) (multiple implications here) >> * supporting this officially should require only minor effort, a >> simple server-side git hook[3] >> >> What do you think? >> >> I'm happy to run it as long as I'm able, it's rather low-maintenance >> and I take a bit of pride seeing it used as much as it is :). >> >> However, from the start I've had the intention of either handing it >> over or shutting it down on request, so if making this official sounds >> good then let me know and I'll work with you to make the transition >> and pass over account ownership. > > I like the idea of this becoming an official community supported/owned > thing. I'm not sure how to make that happen, however... I'm not involved > much in the "infrastructure" side of things.[CCing Anton] He is taking care of the LLVM git repos and could possibly setup an update hook. Tobias
David Chisnall
2015-Apr-24 08:01 UTC
[LLVMdev] unofficial github llvm-mirror: announce, frequency update, ownership
On 9 Mar 2015, at 17:02, Will Dietz <willdtz at gmail.com> wrote:> > I'd like to announce the "unofficial llvm github mirror", which I've > been running for a bit over 3 years now: > > https://github.com/llvm-mirror > > Why is this useful in addition to the existing llvm git mirrors? > * quick code browsing, easy to link to a particular line or commit > * github projects based on LLVM can simply fork (server-side) and > avoid uploading project contents and history repeatedly > * potentially faster cloning speeds[1] > * commits link to github profiles (who is this fellow, what else is he > up to?), profiles show commit activity > * reduce load on llvm hosting services ("if you don't use the github > mirror you're costing us money!" hehe I kid) > * lists the projects available via gitA great many thanks for running this. It’s been very useful to us for LLVM-based research projects. David