[Savannah-hackers] Re: Arch support for Savannah?

[Mathieu Roy]

"Samuel A. Falvo II" <address@hidden> a tapoté :

> I have reviewed the savannah-hackers archives, and I could not find any 
> information on the confirmed support of arch with Savannah.  To date, 
> I've seen a lot of concerns posted, by many people, which suggests to me 
> that nobody actually sticks with the research required (probably due to 
> schedule, which is understandable).
>
> I would like to point out a few things which might be of some assistance:
>
> * Arch is wholesale independent of CVS.  The two systems can live 
> together.  An arch repository is, in my experience at least, created in 
> the home directory of the user who created the archive (based on 
> experience with the `tla' version of Arch).
>
> * Arch can be used with existing HTTP-compatible infrastructure (e.g., 
> web services) to perform its remote capabilities.  Obviously, this is 
> read-only.  For read/write support, perhaps WebDAV can be used.  
> Alternatively, ...
>
> * ... a (perhaps restricted) shell account would be needed to 
> periodically update the project archive from other remote archives via 
> the star-merge facility.  If shell access is not desirable, perhaps a 
> CGI can be written to automate this process.
>
> I was considering hosting my project on Savannah.nongnu.org, but if it 
> lacks Arch support, I might as well just host it myself, and use 
> Savannah only for mailing list or other small resources as I need them.
>
> If you can cc: me on any replies, that'd be great.  Otherwise, it'll take 
> a bit of time before I can check replies.  Thanks for your time, and I 
> look forward to hearing from you.


Arch is currently not supported. However, we are not closed to that
possibility and the latest changes on the Savannah system will permit
arch integration more easily.

However, arch, if I'm correct, is still not in Debian stable, and I
think that entrance in Debian stable would be the better starting
point -- installing backports is not something I would recommend.

Regards,


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Mathieu Roy

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