Slackware GitHub page?

dugan · 02-29-2012, 12:01 AM

Is this for real?

https://github.com/slackware

lisle2011 · 02-29-2012, 10:07 AM

Slackware announced it's move to using git to ease the bandwidth pain.

This looks legitimate but go to http://slackware.com/ and review from there.

NyteOwl · 02-29-2012, 10:31 AM

Where was this announcement? I may be missing it but can find nothing on the official Slackware site. Looks more like a "holding" page on github.

lisle2011 · 02-29-2012, 11:05 AM

Well perhaps I imagined it! Sorry to piss you off!

Alien Bob · 02-29-2012, 12:14 PM

Patrick never announced such a thing. Will not happen either.

Eric

H_TeXMeX_H · 03-01-2012, 10:19 AM

It doesn't make sense for Slackware, a distro, to have a github page. You use git when you develop software. From what I see, slackware uses software as-is from the various FLOSS projects. I don't see the point of git in the development of a distro. What would be in the git repository ?

rg3 · 03-01-2012, 12:23 PM

The SlackBuilds could be stored there, as well as sources for custom packages like the init scripts. Just answering the question.

H_TeXMeX_H · 03-01-2012, 12:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rg3

The SlackBuilds could be stored there, as well as sources for custom packages like the init scripts. Just answering the question.

That might actually be a good use for it.