[libvirt] [PATCH] gnulib: switch to use https:// instead of git:// protocol

Erik Skultety eskultet at redhat.com
Mon Mar 19 08:34:55 UTC 2018


On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 05:30:20PM +0000, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> Some contributors are behind obnoxious firewalls that block everything
> except http(s) traffic, preventing checkout of modules using the git://
> protocol. Since git.savannah.gnu.org is using the modern, fast HTTP
> transport, there's no real downside to using that by default.
>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange at redhat.com>
> ---
>
> AFAICT, this change has no effect for anyone with an existing checkout
> of gnulib. They'll continue using the git protocol, just new checkouts

I would assume so as well, since cleaning the repo with -fdx doesn't have an
impact on gnulib, git:// continued to be used. Anyhow, I think this is a move
forward either way.

Reviewed-by: Erik Skultety <eskultet at redhat.com>




More information about the libvir-list mailing list