Re: Before declaring Bochs is dead ...
<[email protected]> Sat, 9 Jul 2022 17:24:21 +0300
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This is a multipart message in MIME format. --===============2418221198740650118== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0131_01D893B8.BAE9CE20" Content-Language: en-il This is a multipart message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0131_01D893B8.BAE9CE20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I see dozens of Bochs forks to git in the net. Most of them outdate and = dead.=20 Unfortunately not even single one of them is forked properly, with = converting authors and cleaning up stuff afterwards. Doing simple =E2=80=98git log=E2=80=99 on bochs folder reveals a lot of = garbage that should not be there. =20 I tried to go through the process of migration from scratch but seems = like smth is going wrong for me. =20 It prints : =20 Initialized empty Git repository in = /cygdrive/e/BOCHS/BOCHS/SVN/bochs-git-conversion/bochs-git-tmp/.git/ Using higher level of URL: = https://svn.code.sf.net/p/bochs/code/trunk/bochs =3D> = https://svn.code.sf.net/p/bochs/code =20 And just stuck for very long time. At the end I see .git folder which is = empty repo (nothing from SVN was imported). =20 From: Xinyang Ge <[email protected]>=20 Sent: Friday, 8 July 2022 22:18 To: Stanislav Shwartsman <[email protected]> Cc: bochs-developers <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Bochs-developers] Before declaring Bochs is dead ... =20 Totally. Any open-source project would require the whole community = effort to make it live long and prosper, and I think moving Bochs to = git/github would encourage more people to contribute (especially = nowadays). Let me know how I can help with the efforts. =20 Xinyang =20 On Fri, Jul 8, 2022 at 11:03 AM Stanislav Shwartsman <[email protected] = <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Hi, =20 >Bochs is one of the highest-fidelity PC emulators and is widely used in = both academia and industry. If there's a way we can keep it going, = please don't let it die. =20 You are the ones who could keep it from doing. Bochs can't survive on just 2 contributors which also have families, = work and other projects to care. We would try to do our best but it can't continue alone. =20 =20 On Fri, Jul 8, 2022 at 7:05 PM Xinyang Ge <[email protected] = <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Hi Stanislav, =20 There is a github repo which has its commit history in sync with the SVN = repo: https://github.com/countingpine/bochs-svn. Can we use it as a = starting point for svn>>git transition or maybe even contact the owner = of that github repo for help? =20 Bochs is one of the highest-fidelity PC emulators and is widely used in = both academia and industry. If there's a way we can keep it going, = please don't let it die. =20 Xinyang =20 =20 =20 On Fri, Jul 8, 2022 at 8:48 AM Stanislav Shwartsman <[email protected] = <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Ho Folks. Seems like I left alone. Tried to write Volker and he didn't respond for = 10 days :( Before declaring Bochs officially dead I would like to modernize it a = bit by moving to newer tools and trying to invite new contributors. I = personally like git as new Bochs version control system and especially = like github and its code review interface. But I am not a master in doing svn>>git transitions.=20 In the other side I saw some of you already did it before and have = necessary experience. Can someone volunteer to have a Zoom/Teams session for the svn>>git = transition? I hope it won't take forever and as result we should get git repository = for Bochs on Sourceforge (seems like they have it) or may be preferable, = already in github. Anyone ? Thanks, Stanislav _______________________________________________ bochs-developers mailing list [email protected] = <mailto:[email protected]>=20 https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bochs-developers ------=_NextPart_000_0131_01D893B8.BAE9CE20 Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html xmlns:v=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" = xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:m=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" = xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta = http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"><meta = name=3DGenerator content=3D"Microsoft Word 15 (filtered = medium)"><style><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:"Lucida Console"; panose-1:2 11 6 9 4 5 4 2 2 4;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0cm; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-priority:99; color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} span.EmailStyle18 {mso-style-type:personal-reply; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:windowtext;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;} @page WordSection1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} --></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults v:ext=3D"edit" spidmax=3D"1026" /> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout v:ext=3D"edit"> <o:idmap v:ext=3D"edit" data=3D"1" /> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=3Den-IL link=3Dblue = vlink=3Dpurple style=3D'word-wrap:break-word'><div = class=3DWordSection1><p class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US = style=3D'mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I see dozens of Bochs forks to git = in the net. Most of them outdate and dead. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p = class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US = style=3D'mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Unfortunately not even single one = of them is forked properly, with converting authors and cleaning up = stuff afterwards.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = lang=3DEN-US style=3D'mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Doing simple = =E2=80=98git log=E2=80=99 on bochs folder reveals a lot of garbage that = should not be there.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = lang=3DEN-US = style=3D'mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p = class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US = style=3D'mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I tried to go through the process = of migration from scratch but seems like smth is going wrong for = me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US = style=3D'mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p = class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US = style=3D'mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>It prints :<o:p></o:p></span></p><p = class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US = style=3D'mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p = class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><span = style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida = Console";mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Initialized empty Git repository in = /cygdrive/e/BOCHS/BOCHS/SVN/bochs-git-conversion/bochs-git-tmp/.git/<o:p>= </o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'text-autospace:none'><span = style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida = Console";mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Using higher level of URL: = https://svn.code.sf.net/p/bochs/code/trunk/bochs =3D> = https://svn.code.sf.net/p/bochs/code<o:p></o:p></span></p><p = class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p = class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US = style=3D'mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>And just stuck for very long time. = At the end I see .git folder which is empty repo (nothing from SVN was = imported).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3Den-IL = style=3D'mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div = style=3D'border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm = 0cm 0cm'><p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span = lang=3DEN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=3DEN-US> Xinyang Ge = <[email protected]> <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, 8 July 2022 = 22:18<br><b>To:</b> Stanislav Shwartsman = <[email protected]><br><b>Cc:</b> bochs-developers = <[email protected]><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: = [Bochs-developers] Before declaring Bochs is dead = ...<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p = class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal>Totally. Any open-source project would require = the whole community effort to make it live long and prosper, and I think = moving Bochs to git/github would encourage more people to contribute = (especially nowadays). Let me know how I can help with the = efforts.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal>Xinyang<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p = class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>On = Fri, Jul 8, 2022 at 11:03 AM Stanislav Shwartsman <<a = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>> = wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote = style=3D'border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm = 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal>>Bochs is one of the highest-fidelity PC emulators = and is widely used in both academia and industry. If there's a way = we can keep it going, please don't let it = die.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal>You are the ones who could keep it from = doing.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>Bochs can't survive = on just 2 contributors which also have families, work and other projects = to care.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>We would try to = do our best but it can't continue alone.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p = class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>On = Fri, Jul 8, 2022 at 7:05 PM Xinyang Ge <<a = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" = target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>> = wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote = style=3D'border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm = 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><div><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal>Hi Stanislav,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal>There is a github repo which has its commit history in = sync with the SVN repo: <a = href=3D"https://github.com/countingpine/bochs-svn" = target=3D"_blank">https://github.com/countingpine/bochs-svn</a>. = Can we use it as a starting point for svn>>git transition or maybe = even contact the owner of that github repo for = help?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal>Bochs is one of the highest-fidelity PC emulators and = is widely used in both academia and industry. If there's a way we = can keep it going, please don't let it die.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal>Xinyang<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div><p = class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>On = Fri, Jul 8, 2022 at 8:48 AM Stanislav Shwartsman <<a = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" = target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>> = wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote = style=3D'border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm = 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>Ho = Folks.<br><br>Seems like I left alone. Tried to write Volker and he = didn't respond for 10 days :(<br><br>Before declaring Bochs officially = dead I would like to modernize it a bit by moving to newer tools and = trying to invite new contributors. I personally like git as new Bochs = version control system and especially like github and its code review = interface.<br><br>But I am not a master in doing svn>>git = transitions. <br><br>In the other side I saw some of you already did it = before and have necessary experience.<br><br>Can someone volunteer to = have a Zoom/Teams session for the svn>>git transition?<br>I hope = it won't take forever and as result we should get git repository for = Bochs on Sourceforge (seems like they have it) or may be preferable, = already in github.<br><br>Anyone = ?<br><br>Thanks,<br>Stanislav<o:p></o:p></p></div><p = class=3DMsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>boch= s-developers mailing list<br><a = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" = target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a><br><a = href=3D"https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bochs-developers" = target=3D"_blank">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bochs-deve= lopers</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></blockquote></div></blockquo= te></div></div></body></html> ------=_NextPart_000_0131_01D893B8.BAE9CE20-- --===============2418221198740650118== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline --===============2418221198740650118== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ bochs-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bochs-developers --===============2418221198740650118==--