linux-kernel - Re: git pull through http / git

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Message-ID: <4872DF7F.30406@kernel.org>
Date:	Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:31:11 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...nel.org>
To:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ozas.de>
CC:	Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...el.com>, webmaster@...nel.org,
	Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: git pull through http / git

Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> 
>> I have made some sketches on a git-aware http protocol to deal with 
>> the "idiot IT department-managed firewall" problem; however, I have 
>> not had time to implement it.
> 
> Not wanting to downplay your work, but I'd be happier if they
> would not get to have their githttp in the hope  that these
> IT departments get a clue that http is not a fits-it-all solution.
> 
> Because once the workers can't do their job because the world is 
> Git-dominated, they have to turn it on. But maybe then they still don't 
> get the clue...hmm
> tricky situation :)
> 

Given that one of the companies so affected is Intel, which you'd think 
would have more of a clue not just for git but for God-knows-how-many 
other services...

	-hpa
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