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

Tue Feb 8 23:46:03 CET 2011

On 9 February 2011 00:44, Ahmad Samir <ahmadsamir3891 at gmail.com> wrote:
+> 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
+>
+
+Forgot to say that you can create another one for stable releases, by
+replacing /cauldron/ with /1/ in the url in the Location url when
+creating the bookmark (of course, with a different keyword).
+
+-- 
+Ahmad Samir
+