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Re: [Xen-devel] Can the qemu-xen git repository be moved to a 'git://' p

To: Tom Rotenberg <tom.rotenberg@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Can the qemu-xen git repository be moved to a 'git://' protocol? It can save a lot of time...
From: Brendan Cully <brendan@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:03:15 -0700
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On Thursday, 16 July 2009 at 11:36, Tom Rotenberg wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Currently, xen clones the qemu-xen using an 'http://' protocol, and
> this takes a lot of time.  It can be improved a lot if it will be
> moved to be shared by a 'git://' protocol, which is much faster.
> Can this be done?

Why not have xen use an hg mirror of the qemu-xen tree? These are easy
to set up (it's a one-line "hg convert" cron job), and it would
simplify life for xen hackers to need only one obscure version control
system.

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