[Mageia-dev] Announcing a web viewer for svn, + quick guide to the svn

Tue Feb 8 23:44:25 CET 2011

On 1 February 2011 18:45, Michael Scherer <misc at zarb.org> wrote:
+
+[...]
+
+> /packages
+> ---------
+> http://svnweb.mageia.org/packages/
+>
+> /packages is where you can find specs files, patches and everything
+> needed to rebuild packages. The best way to access is is using mgarepo,
+> as explained by the wiki and boklm.
+> There is 2 directories :
+> misc -> contains the old changelog of imported packages
+>
+> cauldron -> 1 directory per package name
+>
+> In a package directory ( like
+> http://svnweb.mageia.org/packages/cauldron/acpi/ ), you will find
+> 3 subdirectories most of the time :
+>
+> pristine/
+> releases/
+> current/
+>
+> pristine/ hold the latest submitted rpm ( ie, the specs and sources ).
+> releases/ work like the tags directory of usual subversion layout, with
+> the older version of the rpms, and current/ is the current work.
+>
+> When using mgarepo, it take current/, and that's where people should
+> look for the newest version.
+>
+> Since no one except some people who work on the BS will likely be
+> interested in the details, I will not go further ( being myself in the
+> list of those that do not remember the details :p )
+>
+
+For firefox users, you can access the spec file of a package directly
+using the firefox keyword feature:
+- Open Bookmarks -> Show all bookmarks
+- Right click the folder you want to create the bookmark in, then
+"Create new bookmark"
+- Location should be:
+http://svnweb.mageia.org/packages/cauldron/%s/current/SPECS/%s.spec
+
+- Open "More", and put the keyword you want in the Keyword box (for
+example svnm)
+
+- To use it, in firefox Location/url bar type:
+svnm amarok
+
+and press Enter. That should directly open
+http://svnweb.mageia.org/packages/cauldron/amarok/current/SPECS/amarok.spec
+
+(what it does is replace each %s with the text you type after the keyword).
+
+[...]
+-- 
+Ahmad Samir
+