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  • nyan@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    It broke a bash script that’s going to be gone within a month. The continuous integration stack in Gentoo (which probably doesn’t do quite what you think it does) is basically a stack of bash hacks that causes as many problems as it solves, so it’s being retired. ( relevant gentoo-dev ML thread )

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      5 months ago

      I did not know the internals of said stack. The ML thread is amusing though:

      I’m even tired that whenever people add new repositories to api.gentoo.org, I have to go through that idiotic GitHub clickety-click UI to stop receiving notifications for everything that happens in these repositories.

      I genuinely wonder why the Gentoo dev team even uses Microsoft GitHub for managing its infrastructure. Well, I wonder what will happen after the shutdown.

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        5 months ago

        Github is only used to mirror the main repo (which is on gitweb.gentoo.org). I assume that was done to attract driveby patches and reduce load from Portage git syncs on the Gentoo servers.

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      5 months ago

      I didn’t feel like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut (or using a VCS optimised for millions of users rather than four files).

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          5 months ago

          Technically true, but has that ever been a problem you actually had? I strongly believe that most people won’t ever need most features offered by many contemporary VCSs.