Re: gnulib via http:// instead of git://

[Dr. Alexander Klein]

Am 22.02.2012 um 10:30 schrieb Thorsten Meyer:

> a request from a poor user locked behind a firewall:
> would anybody mind, if the source of gnulib was changed from
>       git://git.sv.gnu.org/gnulib
> to
>       http://git.savannah.gnu.org/r/gnulib
> ?

Thorsten,

this has been discussed before when I ran into the same problem! For a local 
solution see:

https://mailman.cae.wisc.edu/pipermail/octave-maintainers/2011-September/025098.html
https://mailman.cae.wisc.edu/pipermail/octave-maintainers/2011-September/025099.html

JWE thought that instead of fixing it locally in Octave it should rather be 
fixed in the gnulib/build-aux/bootstrap script issued along with gnulib itself:

> If there are problems with it, then they should be addressed in the
> gnulib project.  That way the fixes will benefit more than just Octave
> developers.

In the end I didn't get around to reporting the problem to the gnulib people, 
but maybe this should be done now since I'm not the only one?

Later,

        Alex

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