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The patch for directory +limitation seems to have applied and lost on the viewvc we used ( one +more reason to use rpm of the distribution and to push patch upstream ) + +- must not be a ressources hog ( as it will likely be indexed sooner +or later by Google or a search engine, even if we can suppose +that robots.txt will be used to prevent that ). This also exclude +all setup based on basic CGI, for well know performance reasons. + +- must be maintained, packaged, without a history full of security hole +that would make Berlin wall look rock solid in comparaison. + +- do we plan to host git repository ? It seems so ( we did at mandriva, +and I think a growing number of contributers will want it ). Others +SCMs ? I do not know, but we should ask. ( but I never seen people asking +for bzr and hg hosting, maybe nanar for darcs ). We can also say this is +not the goal of this tool, as we did fr mdv. + +- must be easy to theme +- should be without recompiling the whole rpm +- should not need to copy the css ( ie, take a distant one, as this +will ease the job of the webteam and help on perfs ) + +- should support ACLs. While we do not need for the moment, but +this may be a need that will arise for the secteam or for keeping password +( see my previous mail about it for extlookup, puppet and so one ). + +If we decide we need ACLs, we need to find how to plug them to ldap. +A simple apache module could do the trick, depend on the url used. + +- should support non text content ( to display imagess ) +for website for example. + +- must handle diff ( for text ) + +- should support syntax highligthing + +And finally, maybe ask directly to the people who will use if +they have some needs not fullfilled by the current tools ( without +getting out of the scope of the use case "look at svn using the web" ) + +For example, a link to the bugtracker when we see #foo123 in commit message +would be nice. Some people also would like to see a nice ajax interface, +and some would like to have it working without it. + +And for tools proposal we can either use +websvn, viewvc, or try to use redmine/trac and hide everything +( and I think we should rather avoid this solution ). +Some people on stackoverlow.com seems to say that usvn could be +used too ( even if it does much more than what we think ). + +There is also some other non free solution, like fisheye, but I would +not recommend for obvious reasons. +-- +Michael Scherer +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="000413.html">[Mageia-sysadm] install of a websvn on svn server ? +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="000415.html">[Mageia-sysadm] install of a websvn on svn server ? +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#414">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#414">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#414">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#414">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-sysadm">More information about the Mageia-sysadm +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |