Re: [Quantlib-dev] Reorganization of Git repository

[Eric E. <eri...@re...>]

Hi All,

I updated the documentation for building
reposit/QuantLibAddin/QuantLibXL on Windows and Linux from a git clone:

http://quantlib.org/reposit/docs/latest/build_git_swig_windows.html

http://quantlib.org/reposit/docs/latest/build_git_swig_linux.html

Kind Regards,
Eric

On Thu, 17 Dec 2015 16:55:59 +0000
Luigi Ballabio <lui...@gm...> wrote:

> Hi all,
>     Eric and I just finished splitting the QuantLib git repository in
> smaller modules. The main forks for the new, smaller repos are:
> 
> QuantLib: https://github.com/lballabio/QuantLib
> QuantLib-SWIG: https://github.com/lballabio/QuantLib-SWIG
> reposit: https://github.com/eehlers/reposit
> QuantLibAddin: https://github.com/eehlers/QuantLibAddin
> QuantLibXL: https://github.com/eehlers/QuantLibXL
> 
> Eric's modules refer to the new reposit build.  The old build is still
> hosted at https://github.com/eehlers/quantlib for the time being.
> 
> For those of you that had forked the old repository, see the
> instructions at http://quantlib.org/forkmigration.shtml for migrating
> any modifications you want to keep.
> 
> Thanks for your patience,
>     Luigi
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 5:36 PM Luigi Ballabio
> <lui...@gm...> wrote:
> 
> > Hi all,
> >     Eric and I will be splitting the QuantLib git repository in
> > smaller modules in the next few days (see my previous post, quoted
> > below, for more details).  Once it's done, most of you that forked
> > it on GitHub or cloned it locally can probably just fork or clone
> > again the modules you're interested in. For those of you that have
> > additional branches you want to keep, I'll be posting instructions
> > for migrating them to the new modules.
> >
> > Later,
> >     Luigi
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 3:09 PM Luigi Ballabio
> > <lui...@gm...> wrote:
> >
> >> [ cross-posted to quantlib-users and quantlib-dev; apologies for
> >> any duplicates. ]
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >>     I'm currently 3 or 4 issues away from setting up the 1.7
> >> release.
> >>
> >> Shortly after doing that, and in concert with the other
> >> maintainers, I'll reorganize the Git repository so that the
> >> current, monolithic one containing all the modules will be split
> >> into smaller ones, with one module per current directory; thus,
> >> there will be a repository for the core C++ library, one for the
> >> Excel addin and so on.
> >>
> >> This will make it more convenient for the maintainers to manage the
> >> modules for which they have responsibility, and will also make it
> >> a lot easier to add new modules.  We had considered doing this
> >> when we migrated from subversion to git, and in hindsight we
> >> should have gone ahead at that time.
> >>
> >> I'm aware this will cause inconveniences to the 500+ people that
> >> forked the repository on GitHub.  I am sorry for this, and I will
> >> try to minimize the pain: I'll migrate the open pull requests to
> >> the new repository, and I'll try to make some kind of guide to
> >> help those of you with local changes to move them to the new fork.
> >> In the meantime, your current forks are not going away.
> >>
> >> Thanks for the understanding. I'll post a timeline as soon as I
> >> have one.
> >>
> >> Luigi
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> <http://leanpub.com/implementingquantlib>
> >> <http://implementingquantlib.com>
> >> <http://twitter.com/lballabio>
> >>
> > --
> >
> > <http://leanpub.com/implementingquantlib>
> > <http://implementingquantlib.com>
> > <http://twitter.com/lballabio>
> >