RE: [Savannah-users] Probably newbie's questions... Build my newproject

[Peleg Michaeli]

Well, fist of all: thanks for your reply, I appreciate it.

I will answer/ask inside the text: (for still relevant issues)

-----Original Message-----

>> By the way, if you want to "upload" a homepage for the project, you have
to use CVS.

I will use CVS then, I don't care...

> How can I upload files to my project? (it is "empty" at the moment) 
>> With "project" you mean the source code repository, right?
>> The repository is empty, but it exists. So the first thing is to check
out the (empty) repository, and then you can fill it with files.
(At least with CVS)

OK, I checked the root here:
http://cvs.savannah.nongnu.org/viewvc/amw/?root=amw
empty indeed. Now: how can I "fill it with files"?
(When I said "project", I meant the source code repository, indeed)

> How can I access the "administration" of those systems? (is there a web
administration at all?)
>> What do you mean by that?
>> When you are logged in you will see "Project Main Administration Page"
in the links below the project description. Or simply under "Main" in
the menu at the top.

What I meant by "web administration" is whether I have a web interface to
control CVS utilities: committing edits (like in SVN), merging, etc.

> Where will I be able to see a running version (production) of the project?
>> What do you mean by that?
>> Does your project use some server side web technology (PHP, CGI?)
>> You cannot "run" anything on the savannah servers.
>> They offer webspace, but only for static content.
>> You could only upload client side code (JavaScript, (Java...?)

>> If you need server side execution, then you have to find another server.
>> You can register the link to the other server under "Select Features".

Well, this is the main thing that interesting me: I didn't know that I
cannot execute scripts on Savannah's server... (My planned software is based
on PHP); well: I have my own "shared space" where I can run a production
version for tests, etc, but because it is shared, I cannot install CVS/SVN
on it, hence I asked for Savannah to host the project.

Assume That I host a "running" version on my shared server and the CVS on
Savannah's server - will I need to manually update my own server each time
someone is committing an update? That seems unreasonable, and in open-source
PHP projects that I used to contribute to, it wasn't like that - I worked
with SVN, I fixed a bug, committed it ("updated") and could see the effect
immediately on the server (on test.domain.org).

Is that impossible in Savannah?

Are all free open-source hosting services (like Savannah, unlike
SourceForge) working in the same way, or is it Savannah-specific limitation?
(on executing PHP code)

>> Hope that helps.
>> AKFoerster

Helped. Thanks...

Peleg.