Transition project Valhalla to git and GitHub

[David Simms]

And the transition of "lworld" branch to github is now complete.

Current repository(s) status:

  * Only "lworld" branch has transitioned
      o "nestmates" remains in mercurial (also happens to be mirrored on
        github)
  * "master" (formerly "default" branch under mercurial) is now
    automatically up-to-date with "jdk mainline"
      o "lworld" is the "git default", meaning a new clone will have
        "lworld" branch already checked-out
  * For information on working on OpenJDK projects in github:
      o   https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/SKARA
  * There is a known issue with push notifications, being worked on
      o    https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/SKARA-301
  * Any Project Skara related issues and questions may be sent here:
      o skara-dev at openjdk.java.net


Thanks to Erik Duveblad and Robin Westberg !

/David Simms


On 10/03/20 4:28 pm, David Simms wrote:
>
> New time: Wednesday March 11 at 07:30 CET
>
> Cheers
> /David Simms
>
> On 2020-03-10 09:04, David Simms wrote:
>>
>> So there is some delay due to a combination of timezones and a minor 
>> technical issue mail notifications (which we prefer to have working)...
>>
>> ...should be a day or two more.
>>
>> During this delay, it is totally okay push to the repository, a 
>> notice 10 minutes before the move will go out (even then individual 
>> commits can be moved after the fact).
>>
>> Cheers
>> /David Simms
>>
>>
>> On 26/02/20 10:35 am, David Simms wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> You might have heard that there is an OpenJDK project named Skara 
>>> evaluating and trialing using Git for OpenJDK and GitHub for hosting 
>>> the repositories [1]. We have been asked to try out Git, GitHub and 
>>> the Skara tooling, as a means of validating, and to provide feedback 
>>> about the Project Skara effort. There is already a number of OpenJDK 
>>> projects using Git, GitHub and Skara:
>>> - OpenJFX
>>> - OpenJMC
>>> - Loom
>>> - Mobile
>>> - Panama (the "foreign" branches)
>>> - Skara
>>>
>>> A transition entails switching to Git as an SCM (see the Git manual 
>>> [2]), and the repository would be hosted on GitHub [3]. After the 
>>> transition, the current Mercurial repository would no longer be 
>>> updated. There is currently already a read-only mirror of Valhalla 
>>> in place [4], you can it use to try out Git and some of the tooling, 
>>> though submitting pull requests and pushing will not work (as it is 
>>> a read-only mirror).
>>>
>>> I suggest that project Valhalla transition to git, GitHub and Skara 
>>> and that we set the target date for the transition to around 2 weeks 
>>> from now. How about Monday the 9th of March? I also suggest we adopt 
>>> GitHub's pull request workflow together with the bots from project 
>>> Skara.
>>>
>>> Adopting pull requests and the Skara bots means that the review 
>>> process would work partly through GitHub. In particular, all changes 
>>> must start out as pull requests. Skara automatically generates 
>>> webrevs, "RFR" emails and supports bi-directional syncing between 
>>> mailing lists and GitHub for those that prefer using webrev and the 
>>> mailing lists. If you are unfamiliar with GitHub and pull requests, 
>>> I suggest checking out GitHub's guide [5]. Note that project Skara 
>>> also provides CLI tools for interacting with GitHub for those that 
>>> prefer working from a terminal. You can find more info about these 
>>> tools on the Skara wiki page [6] or from the Skara README [7].
>>>
>>> If you have any comments or questions regarding this transition, 
>>> please reply to this thread.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Mr. Simms
>>>
>>> [1] : https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/369
>>> [2] : https://git-scm.com/docs/user-manual
>>> [3] : https://github.com/
>>> [4] : https://github.com/openjdk/valhalla
>>> [5] : https://guides.github.com/introduction/flow/
>>> [6] : https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/SKARA/Skara
>>> [7] : https://github.com/openjdk/skara
>>>
>>
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