Bug#231591: RFP: savane -- a Web-based Free Software hosting system.
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Hello Mathieu,
On Sunday 08 February 2004 14:13, Mathieu Roy wrote:
> > And another question as well: Is GNA! offering GNU arch support as a
> > versioning system?
>
> No, however it is a task we would like to see achieved before the end
> of the year.
Hmm, I'm relatively new to arch, but I really liked its concept. As I
understand it, there doesn't have to be a server (like CVS) -- if you want to
have a remote arch repository, you would need sftp or WebDAV access on the
server for everyone who's allowed to commit to the repository. However, I
don't know how diffcult this is to set up.
Sorry if I'm telling you things you already knew...
> You are welcome to join us. I propose that you go at
> http://gna.org/projects/savane, take a look at the code and stuff,
> create an account and confirm that you are still interested.
I already did that. I haven't had a very intensive look at the code, but a few
things spring to my mind:
- - Concerning the versioning, it's usually better to have a "normal" versioning
scheme like 1.0.0 or similar -- which is the version number of the just
released savane. However, in the debian subdirectory, you assigned a version
based on the release date. If you want to stick to that, it's adviseable to
prepend a "0." to the date -- this way, version "1.0.0" would always be
greater than "20030510" and other dates. If you don't follow this rule, you
would have to introduce "epochs" into the Debian versioning, and believe me,
you don't want that.
- - Quite some of the documentation files (AUTHORS, README and so on) are not
included in the Debian package. I assume that your Debian directory is a
preliminary version, though.
- - The descriptions in the "control" file should be brushed up. Moreover, the
short "Description:" line should not be continued in the long description.
These are just a few nitpicks, I'll have a closer look during the next week (I
have a few days of vacation -- yay!). I'm going to try to install savane on
my computer and see what I get.
> I'll add you on the project and will give you pointers.
If you want to add me, my login is toddy. I'd be grateful for pointers.
Yet another thing: I noticed you don't have a German .po file, is someone
already working on this? I could start to translate (German is my mother
tongue), but since the file is really quite big, I would hate to see work
doubled instead of synchronized.
Cheers,
- --
Tobias
"We either learn from history or, uh, well, something bad will happen."
-- Bob Church
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