Bug 37555 - Add fallback configure option for getting initial repos cloned
Summary: Add fallback configure option for getting initial repos cloned
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: WWW (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other All
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Whiteboard: EasyHack
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Reported: 2011-05-24 14:35 UTC by Thorsten Behrens
Modified: 2012-09-20 09:29 UTC (History)
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Description Thorsten Behrens 2011-05-24 14:35:32 UTC
There've been complaints on and off that initial cloning of the git
repositories (via anongit) takes ages, and sometimes even fails
repeatedly (the bigger the repo, e.g. translations, the more likely
this is to happen)

Thus, there are weekly-updated tarballs of the repos, available here:
http://dev-www.libreoffice.org/bundle - they are on a server in
Europe, and more importantly, downloads can be resumed.

It would be nice to add a configure switch, that, instead of cloning,
would grab this tarball and unpack it to the right place.
Comment 1 Björn Michaelsen 2011-12-23 12:07:10 UTC
[This is an automated message.]
This bug was filed before the changes to Bugzilla on 2011-10-16. Thus it
started right out as NEW without ever being explicitly confirmed. The bug is
changed to state NEEDINFO for this reason. To move this bug from NEEDINFO back
to NEW please check if the bug still persists with the 3.5.0 beta1 or beta2 prereleases.
Details on how to test the 3.5.0 beta1 can be found at:
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/BugHunting_Session_3.5.0.-1

more detail on this bulk operation: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/RFC-Operation-Spamzilla-tp3607474p3607474.html
Comment 2 Björn Michaelsen 2011-12-23 12:57:27 UTC
An EasyHack should have been checked by developers and thus is confirmed regardless of age. Moving back to NEW from NEEDINFO again. Sorry for the hassle.
Comment 3 Florian Reisinger 2012-05-18 08:55:13 UTC
Deteted "Easyhack" from summary
Comment 4 Mat M 2012-09-20 00:30:43 UTC
Does the issue still have value ?

We now have only 3 repos, which seem quite reliable.
You cannot use tarballs for clone since you don't have configure... but you can use them instead of git pull, with awareness of potential changes in the local git working dir.

Actually, since configure was never used to retrieve source files, I don't see the point of this EasyHack.
Comment 5 Michael Meeks 2012-09-20 09:29:31 UTC
It is possible to build from source tar-balls; but we no longer up-load these weekly. So - closing wontfix for now.


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