Re: [freesci-develop] Web page handling changes

[Christoph Reichenbach]

Max,

On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 10:30:16AM +0200, Max Horn wrote:
> FYI, I can't completly check it out (and couldn't before your changes  
> either):
[...]

  IWFH, so I'm afraid that I have no idea where that might be coming from :-/

  I can checkpoint it; that might address the problem...?

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> Actually, projects like ScummVM and Fink do *not* do this automatic  
> syncing anymore for years :). Since these projects use  
> SourceForge.net, every team member can update the website anyway (all  
> have SSH access). So the "convenience" bonus is negligible. On the  
> other hand, being able to control when precisely an update happens  
> can be very useful at times. E.g. when preparing for a release.

  Announcements/news are handled by a separate mechanism; all project members
have (or should have) logins/passwords that allow them to directly post on the
web page.

  For the page itself I do have a manual update script, but it's not set up in
such a way that it would be easy to make it world-executable.  I'd prefer an
auto-upload after each commit, but the ftp web page upload takes too long for
this to be pleasant.

-- Christoph