Re: [Gnewsense-dev] Location for gnewsense creation code version control

[Karl Goetz]

On Tue, 19 May 2009 15:57:00 -0400
Daniel Clark <address@hidden> wrote:

> So currently the builder code for gNewSense/x86 is in a svn repo at:
> 
> * http://svn.gnewsense.svnhopper.net/gnewsense/builder
> 
> And the builder code for gNewSense mipsel and powerpc is on
> archive.gnewsense.org in ~rmh
> 
> It would be nice to have all the code in one place, and that that
> place be set up to allow multiple people admin access (I haven't been
> able to find any kind of project membership /admin tools at
> svnhopper.net, but I could just be missing them.), be able to easily
> add people as commiters, etc.

I was thinking it would be nice to use bzr/git (svn drives me mental).
Unfortunately, this might put me at odds with the 'everything in one
place'.

(Plugins for git/bzr + $webapp was something I've been explicitly
checking for after the webapps thread i kicked off a month ago).

> Unless someone would like to defend / explain how svnhopper.net is
> used (couldn't find doc on the site), I propose we move the code to

Its purely the web interface for the SVN repo sitting on sandbox.

> another site that allows for multiple people to have admin access,
> and makes it clear who those people are.

The benefit from a DRCS is anyone can branch, and anyone can commit
_locally_. It takes $admin to merge the changes into trunk though.

> 
> This would be something good for anyone interested in becoming a new
> leader of gNewSense to coordinate (as a reminder, ompaul and bbrazil
> have stepped down).

I think I defacto fill that role atm.

> 
> From my perspective the obvious choice would be the FSF's project
> hosting site, https://savannah.nongnu.org/ - the mailing lists are
> already @nongnu.org addresses.

Wonder if it supports bzr (my preference); only arch and hg are listed.

> 
> If we wanted to do more than just host code at the site, I know some
> people have mentioned trac; this site does trac hosting, and is
> affiliated with http://autonomo.us , so is probably fine from a
> freedom perspective: http://www.knowledgeforge.net/

While I dont mind hosting (copies) of our code off site, I'd like to
keep most other stuff on "our servers".
Then if it disapears, we aren't waiting for someone else to fix it for
us.
 
> Or of course someone could just set up svn on one of the
> *.gnewsense.org machines, although I'm not sure there is a good
> reason to add that maintenance overhead to the project.

Whatever happens, if we are moving repositories around I'd like it to
be the moment we get rid of SVN.
kk

> 
> Cheers,


-- 
Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS)
Debian user / gNewSense contributor
http://www.kgoetz.id.au
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