[squid-dev] RFC submodule repositories

[Francesco Chemolli]

Hi,
  I second Alex' view point, I don't have a clear understanding about what
is the benefit that you're trying to obtain.

On Sun, Jul 31, 2022 at 4:09 PM Alex Rousskov <
rousskov at measurement-factory.com> wrote:

> On 7/31/22 00:29, Amos Jeffries wrote:
> > When PR #937 merges we will have the ability to shuffle old helpers into
> > a separate repository that users can import as a submodule to build with
> > their Squid as-needed.
>
> In my experience, git submodules are a powerful feature that is rather
> difficult to use correctly. Some of submodule aspects do not feel
> "natural" to many humans. I am pretty sure that proper introduction of
> submodules will require a lot of our time and nerve cells. What will we
> optimize by introducing such a significant complication as git submodules?
>
>
> > What (if any) updates do we need to make to Anubis and other
> > infrastructure so support git submodules ?
>
> That answer probably depends, in part, on what support guarantees we are
> going to issue for those submodules and on what our submodule update
> policy will be. Integrating two or more git repositories together is a
> complicated issue...
>
> Alex.
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    Francesco
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