Re: [matplotlib-devel] [PATCH] experimental numscons support in matplotlib

[David C. <da...@ar...>]

Andrew Straw wrote:
> David Cournapeau wrote:
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>>     I don't know if that's of any interest for matplotlib developers,
>> but I added scripts to build matplotlib with numscons:
>>
>> http://github.com/cournape/matplotlib/tree/scons_build
>>   
>>     
> Hi David,
>
> I'm trying to download your git repository, but I'm having trouble
> cloning it.
>
> Can you do this? "git clone git://github.com/cournape/matplotlib.git"
>   

Yes, I have exactly the same problem - cloning through ssh is ok, though
(although it does not help you much). I already tried to remove/refork
the repo from you (I thought the problem may have been caused by
astraw/matplotlib being a new repo), to no end.

I wish git would improve their network support...

> For me, I get an error:
>
> $ git clone git://github.com/cournape/matplotlib.git
> Initialized empty Git repository in /home/astraw/tmp/mpl/matplotlib/.git/
> fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
>
> This has been happening for 2 days now.
>
> If it's not working for you, can you file a support ticket with github?
> (Or just delete your old repo and start a new one on github, preferably
> forking from the astraw/matplotlib.git repo.)
>   

I will,

David