Hi,

On Sat, 22 Mar 2008, Bryan Donlan wrote:

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> On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 12:08 AM, Bryan Donlan <bdonlan@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >  I'm planning to apply for the git summer of code project. My proposal 
> >  is based on the project idea of a subversion gateway for git, 
> >  implemented with a new subversion filesystem layer. A draft of my 
> >  proposal follows; I'd appreciate any comments/questions on it before 
> >  the application period proper begins.
> 
> Thanks for all the comments. To try to avoid spamming the list, I've
> replied in a single message, if it'd be better to reply individually
> in the future please let me know.

My preference is to have single replies, possibly changing the subject 
("xyz, was Re: blabla"), but it is maybe just me.

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> Also, after looking at libgit in a bit more detail, I think it might be 
> necessary to not use it after all, as subversion requires support for 
> multiple open repositories, as well as thread safety (at least when 
> accessing different open repo from different threads). Perhaps a 
> thread-safe git library would be a nice SoC project as well?

As I said on IRC yesterday, I think that such a libgit.a would be nice, 
_but_

- a lot of git programs expect to be one-shot, and libgit.a shows that,

- not many people will help you with your effort, but just ignore it and 
  actively introduce things that do not help libification (at least that's 
  my experience),

- unless you have a proper need for such a library, I do not think there 
  is enough motivation to actually get it to completion.

I once thought that libification would be nice, and important, but as I do 
not need it myself, I reversed my opinion.

Ciao,
Dscho

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