Re: The future of gitweb (long term goals)

[Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>]

Jakub Narebski venit, vidit, dixit 14.02.2011 20:39:
> Now that we are talking about future of git, including breaking some
> of backwards compatibility bugs / misdesigns for 1.8.0, perhaps it is
> the time to discuss long term goals and the future of gitweb.
...
> Current requirements are:
> - Perl 5.8.x (for proper Unicode / UTF-8 support)
> - core Perl modules: CGI, Encode, Fcntl, File::Find, File::Basename,...
> - non-core Perl modules optional, needed for some of extra features
> - backward compatibility (query params and path_info URLs)

I'd second that this is important for adaption by some main users.

> - easy installation even without admin rights
> - scanning for repositories (as an option)
> - lightweight

All of these are important for instaweb also. I consider instaweb a very
underrated feature! (It also needs some works of love, not just
appreciation, of course.)

> 1. Splitting gitweb into modules (packages), for better maintainability.

Also, this may help including other optional parts. The graph viewer as
used on repo.or.cz sets gitweb apart from quite a few alternatives and
would be used more widely if it were an optional module shipping with
gitweb. Just imagine instaweb with graphs ;)
Also, being part of gitweb, the viewer may attract a few coders.

Michael