[llvm-dev] Why is there a llvm/apple-llvm-project-staging ?

[David Blaikie via llvm-dev]

On Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 7:21 PM Tom Stellard <tstellar at redhat.com> wrote:
>
> On 7/6/20 8:40 PM, David Blaikie via llvm-dev wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 5:29 PM Eric Christopher <echristo at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Yep. That thread. It got there eventually around this branch as well. It's a... long thread at this point.
> >
> > *nod* I think I've read it all - and don't see mention of this
> > subproject/fork/thingy. (& that entire thread occurred after (June
> > 29th) this email from Roman (June 21st) - and was seeking permission,
> > not asking about a pre-existing fork)). Chris proposed a possible fork
> > name ("I don’t have a opinion on this either way, but can git/GitHub
> > maintain forks within the same organization?  You could have
> > llvm/llvm-project and llvm/llvm-project-apple-staging or something
> > like that?") but it's not the one that's already there/Roman's asking
> > about (almost the same, though): apple-llvm-project-staging.
> >
> > So I'm still confused, at least.
> >
> > Perhaps someone accidentally pushed this branch while trying to
> > prototype ideas before sending the proposal?
> >
>
> This was a repo I created as a landing spot for the Apple patches
> that were discussed in the recent mailing list thread.  We eventually
> decided this was the wrong approach and that the issue should be brought
> before the community for discussion.  The repo is gone now, sorry for
> the confusion.

Cool, no worries - thanks for the context & cleanup!

>
> - Tom
>
>
> > - Dave
> >
> >>
> >> -eric
> >>
> >> On Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 5:27 PM David Blaikie <dblaikie at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 5:21 PM Eric Christopher via llvm-dev
> >>> <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> There's an email thread at this point :)
> >>>
> >>> You mean http://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-dev/2020-July/142951.html
> >>> ? I wasn't sure that was directly related - since that thread seems to
> >>> be asking for permission/buy-in to /add/ a branch, it doesn't (based
> >>> on my reading at least) talk about any pre-existing branch, which is
> >>> what Roman seems to be asking about?
> >>>
> >>> So I'm not sure if they're related or not.
> >>>
> >>> - Dave
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> -eric
> >>>>
> >>>> On Sun, Jun 21, 2020 at 4:01 AM Roman Lebedev via llvm-dev <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Hello.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Some time ago, https://github.com/llvm/apple-llvm-project-staging appeared.
> >>>>> I do not recall seeing any discussions about it (especially before the
> >>>>> fact) here.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> It is a standalone repository, not a fork, therefore github wrongfully counts
> >>>>> everyones commits twice - once in the proper repo, and once in there.
> >>>>> That can not be worked around, as far as i understand.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> So, why is it there in the first place?
> >>>>> Why was there no discussion about it?
> >>>>> Why is it not in https://github.com/apple ?
> >>>>> Can it be moved in the right place?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Roman.
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