[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [Tahoe-LAFS] #2457: bring 1.8.3 branch into git/trac

[Tahoe-LAFS]

#2457: bring 1.8.3 branch into git/trac
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     Reporter:  warner              |      Owner:  daira
         Type:  defect              |     Status:  assigned
     Priority:  normal              |  Milestone:  soon (release n/a)
    Component:  dev-infrastructure  |    Version:  1.8.3
   Resolution:                      |   Keywords:  git darcs
Launchpad Bug:                      |
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Changes (by daira):

 * status:  new => assigned
 * owner:   => daira
 * version:  n/a => 1.8.3
 * milestone:  eventually => soon (release n/a)
 * keywords:   => git darcs


Old description:

> The wiki:Doc page wants to point to the NEWS.rst file in 1.8.3, but 1.8.3
> doesn't exist in our git history (I think it was made from a darcs branch
> that never got imported when we switched to git) (1.9.1 was similar, but
> *was* imported).
>
> Since all we really care about is having the code *somewhere*, it'd be
> sufficient to make a git "rel-1.8.3" branch (from the 1.8.2 tag,
> probably), dump the whole darcs tree into it, add a single commit, and
> add the allmydata-tahoe-1.8.3 tag. Then update the wiki:Doc page to point
> at it's NEWS file.

New description:

 The wiki:Doc page wants to point to the `NEWS.rst` file in 1.8.3, but
 1.8.3 doesn't exist in our git history (I think it was made from a darcs
 branch that never got imported when we switched to git) (1.9.1 was
 similar, but *was* imported).

 Since all we really care about is having the code *somewhere*, it'd be
 sufficient to make a git "rel-1.8.3" branch (from the 1.8.2 tag,
 probably), dump the whole darcs tree into it, add a single commit, and add
 the `allmydata-tahoe-1.8.3` tag. Then update the wiki:Doc page to point at
 its `NEWS` file.

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Ticket URL: <https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/2457#comment:1>
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