[yt-dev] Update on github migration

[Nathan Goldbaum]

Hi all,

Thanks to efforts from Kacper, Matt, and myself we now have a working
github mirror:

https://github.com/yt-project/yt-test

This repo is available purely for testing purposes. It should always be in
sync with the latest changes in the bitbucket repository. There is a chance
that we will need to redo the conversion and change all the hashes so don't
rely on this repo being here forever.

In addition, Kacper has verified that our Jenkins test suite works more or
less out of the box on a repo on github, so it should be pretty easy to set
up continuous integration on github when we "flip the switch".

Matt set up a repo on github to track the migration process:

https://github.com/yt-project/bb-migration/issues

If you'd like to help out then then that issue tracker is probably the
first place you should look.

According to the YTEP tracking this process (
https://bitbucket.org/yt_analysis/ytep/pull-requests/68/), we are about
halfway done with "stage 1".

I think these two issues would be perfect for someone who hasn't been
involved up until now to take on:

* Updating the code for "yt update" to work properly with an installation
from a git checkout of yt. We might explore adding an optional dependency
on gitpython (http://gitpython.readthedocs.io/en/stable/) for this.
* Migrate the supplemental repositories. This is very straightforward, just
tedious because the same steps need to be repeated for all the repos.

Finally if you have push access to the main yt repo (that generally means
that you are a yt project "member") then you should comment on this issue
so we know what your github username is:

https://github.com/yt-project/bb-migration/issues/8

I'd say we're on pace for making the switch Soon (TM).

-Nathan
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