Re: [Libguestfs] Proposal to delete the mirrors github.com/libguestfs/libnbd & /nbdkit
On Wed, Jun 07, 2023 at 07:18:46PM +0100, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
I don't want to actually link to them to avoid giving them
link-karma,
but the old repositories / now mirrors at:
github.com/libguestfs/libnbd
github.com/libguestfs/nbdkit
stopped mirroring the true repositories:
https://gitlab.com/nbdkit/libnbd
https://gitlab.com/nbdkit/nbdkit
some months ago. It is apparently connected to github changing their
host key. We tried unsuccessfully to fix it, which I wasn't able to do.
I'm happy to have a look at that again if interested.
I propose we just delete those mirrors instead. Any objections?
I'm not sure deleting is a good idea wrt forks
https://docs.github.com/en/pull-requests/collaborating-with-pull-requests...
"When you delete a public repository, one of the existing
public forks is chosen to be the new upstream repository.
All other repositories are forked off of this new upstream
and subsequent pull requests go to this new upstream
repository."
I don't think we'd want some arbitrary fork to be "promoted" as the
upstream, as it'd give a very misleading impression.
It is probably better to change the description in the repo to alert
peolpe that it is stale, point them to gitlab, then mark it as
'archived' in github.
With regards,
Daniel
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