GitHub migration complete

[Chris Jones]

On 31/10/16 10:41, René J.V. Bertin wrote:
> On Monday October 31 2016 10:49:55 Clemens Lang wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>> Just as with Subversion, the answer is no. Remember that the PortIndex
>> is specific to the macOS version you are running, so a server-generated
>
> Ah, of course. I didn't actually know this but indeed port versions could be specific to OS version or platform even if no other specific information is stored.
> Sorry for the noise.
>
> Pity though, the first-run portindex of a fresh git clone just took about 5 quarters of an hour on one of my machines (a good 5s/port).
>

That is a one time operation. hardly worth worrying about.

>> Additionally, git does not preserve timestamps from the repository on
>> checkout, so you might actually end up re-generating the index locally
>> anyway.
>
> I think that wouldn't (or shouldn't) happen as the timestamp would be newer. And of course the auto-regeneration could be deactivated if the server always serves an up-to-date index.
>
> R.
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