[Alioth-staff-replacement] alioth deprecation - next steps

[Mike Gabriel]

Hi,

On  Do 26 Apr 2018 10:52:41 CEST, Alexander Wirt wrote:

> On Thu, 26 Apr 2018, Andrej Shadura wrote:
>
>> On 26 April 2018 at 10:21, Alexander Wirt <formorer at formorer.de> wrote:
>> > On Thu, 26 Apr 2018, Andrej Shadura wrote:
>> >
>> >> On 17 April 2018 at 13:00, Alexander Wirt <formorer at debian.org> wrote:
>> >> > Hi,
>> >> >
>> >> > as you should be aware, alioth.debian.org will be decommissioned with
>> >> > the EOL of wheezy, which is at the end of May. The replacement for
>> >> > the main part of alioth, git, is alive and out of beta, you know it
>> >> > as salsa.debian.org. If you did not move your git repository yet,
>> >> > hurry up, time is running out.
>> >> >
>> >> > The other important service from the alioth set, lists, moved to a
>> >> > new host and is now live at https://alioth-lists.debian.net [1].
>> >> > All public list archives moved over too and will continue to exist
>> >> > under the old URL.
>> >> >
>> >> > ## decommissioning timeline
>> >> >
>> >> > 01.05.18:  DISABLE registration of new users on alioth. Until  
>> an improved SSO (GSOC Project, see [2]) is ready, new user  
>> registrations
>> >> >            needed for SSO services will be handled manually.  
>> More details on this will follow in a seperate announcement.
>> >> > 10.-13.05.18: darcs, bzr and mercurial repositories will be  
>> exported as tarballs and made available readonly from a new archive  
>> host,
>> >> >               details on that will follow.
>> >> > 17.-20.05.18: During the Mini-DebConf Hamburg any existing  
>> cron jobs will be turned off, websites still on alioth will be  
>> disabled.
>> >> > 31.05.18: All remaining repositories (cvs, svn and git) will  
>> be archived similar to the ones above.
>> >> >           The host moszumanska, the home of alioth, will go offline!
>> >>
>> >> Could the steps including taking VCS repos offline be offset by at
>> >> least two months? There are too many packages not yet migrated to
>> >> Salsa or to Git in general, and completing that by the end of May is
>> >> putting too much pressure on the maintainers.
>> > Nope, we announced that months, if not years ago.
>>
>> That doesn’t seem like a reasonable reply. What was announced is one
>> thing, but the plans have to be adjusted to the reality, which is that
>> you cannot switch off the VCS hosting by the end of May.

> It is. The plans were announced, I blocked the dates (I am even on vacation
> for that) and the system is EOL with end of may. It will go down then.

Migrating Git repos from Alioth to Salsa is doable for most packaging  
teams in a day or two (the Javascript team migrated 1024 packages on  
one day)...

However, as one of the late bummers, I'd also love to have Vcs  
services available with read-only status for some more time. But, alas.

Greets,
Mike

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