[sylpheed:37035] Re: Sylpheed project

[Antonio Ospite]

On Fri, 8 Oct 2021 14:53:16 +0900
Hiroyuki Yamamoto <hiro-y at kcn.ne.jp> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> First, sorry for no response for long periods. I'm still alive :)
> 
> I'm somewhat busy for work and some projects in the company,
> so I have not been able to update Sylpheed,
> though its development is still not stopped.
>

Glad to hear that.

> The recent matter of concern is to migrate the svn repository to github,
> mainly to reduce the server maintenance cost and improve user-friendliness.
> (Its schedule is not yet determined, but probably in the near future)
> 

My two cents:

  - github.com would allow for the most exposure for sure;
  - gitlab.com would be a possible alternative in case there was any
    reason to avoid a proprietary service like github;
  - freedesktop.org might also be willing to host Sylpheed if
    gitlab.com was not viable for some reason.

In any case I am attaching a script to convert the Sylpheed SVN history
to git in a clean way.

Unfortunately the SVN repo seems down so it's not easy for everyone to
tests it, but I am sure Hiroyuki could make it work somehow with a
local repository.

I am available to help for the conversion from SVN to git if there is
any need.

Ciao,
   Antonio

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