> On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 05:57:39AM +0300, Ady via Syslinux wrote:
> >
> > After taking over repo.or.cz/syslinux.git, the aforementioned
> > previously-valid links are no longer valid :(. Perhaps not only
"tags"
> > are no longer valid.
> >
> > Also, the "tag" hyperlinks that were visible before are now
no longer
> > there in repo.or.cz/syslinux.git.
> >
> > Note that when clicking on the main "refs" hyperlink (in the
upper line
> > of links in the web interface) the list should be including both,
> > "refs/heads" and "refs/tags". This was the way to
avoid any potential
> > conflict of any kind. The "refs/tags" list is no longer
there :(.
> >
> > Unfortunately, I lack the necessary knowledge so to help with this. I
> > just know that we (users) have now less features available in the web
> > interface in repo.or.cz/syslinux.git than we had a couple of days ago
> > :(.
> >
> > I hope there is still some possibility to get the same web interface
> > features that we had before (I am _not_ focusing on conversion /
> > redirection here, but in current features of the web interface).
> >
> > Thank you and Best Regards,
>
> And thanks for reporting.
>
>
> I haven't yet taken a closer look at the web representation of a git
repo.
>
> The transition is still in progress. I'm waiting for an announce that
> `git clone SOME_URL` is ready.
>
> When git cloning and git pulling is possible, then I'm happy.
>
> A web view on the repo is low priority to me. My advice in this:
> * Let the migration stablize
> * Wonder how much HTML caching there is
> * Find contact with maintainers of the web sauce
>
>
> Groeten
> Geert Stappers
I have my quote of patience :) ; I can wait.
Since I don't know the technical details about all this matter, I don't
really know which items / features / characteristics can be postpone
and which ones are "either done correctly from the starting point, or
else can never be corrected".
As simple user of the web interface, I can only see that the "tags"
that were there a couple of days ago in repo.or.cz/syslinux.git are no
longer shown (nor their links working).
For example, the "yellow" /refs/tags/ "syslinux-6.03" is not
shown in
the web interface, whereas the "green" /refs/heads/ "master"
is seen.
Since the "tag" hyperlinks are not currently shown (they were there a
couple of days ago), and the "refs" page is currently showing
"heads/<branch_name>" but not even one of the
"tags/<tag_name>, then I
am guessing that the "refs/tags" data needs some additional (manual?)
treatment.
I am only reporting just in case this cannot be corrected later; if it
can, I can wait (hopefully not years :)).
Regarding the use of the web interface, it helps non-developers. I have
used it when (beta-)testing (so to help to narrow down the source of
some problem). I have also used it when helping others.
For this type of situations, during the years I have found that I am
more comfortable or do things faster when using the web interface style
of gitweb-caching rather than the one of cgit. This is just my own
personal perception as simple user; other users might have a different
experience and I cannot say anything about the technical background
features / functions / load / whatever behind it.
I understand the importance of having a new official git repository
available for The Syslinux Project, and I also understand that the web
interface has a lower priority to developers. I hope the features /
characteristics I was already accustomed to can be restored at some
point, and hopefully without "breaking" other/older things (we already
have had such experience).
Thank you and Best Regards,
Ady.