[Mageia-sysadm] [810] split subversion-tools in its own class, to prepare for svn mirror

Sun Jan 16 14:49:41 CET 2011

On Sun, 16 Jan 2011, Michael scherer wrote:
+
+> On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 02:15:35PM +0100, root at mageia.org wrote:
+> > Revision: 810
+> > Author:   misc
+> > Date:     2011-01-16 14:15:35 +0100 (Sun, 16 Jan 2011)
+> > Log Message:
+> > -----------
+> > split subversion-tools in its own class, to prepare for svn mirror
+> > 
+> 
+> Since we still do not have any svn viewer system, I had a idea that
+> would allow us to have one without sacrifiying security :
+> - use a viewer with a readonly clone of svn.
+> 
+> For example, we could use svnsync on alamut to copy the svn from valstar.
+> ( I tried svm, but it seems to be quite broken ). I have a module ready to 
+> be committed for that.
+> 
+> This way :
+> - we have backups ( until someone do a full real backup system, and
+> so until we have fiona )
+> - someone compromissing the server cannot modify the svn ( as this is a copy )
+> - we will have local access to the data
+>   - full range of web interface ( and not just viewvc, even if I think it is fine )
+>   - local access is faster than remote ( after testing viewvc )
+> - the svn server will not be loaded with web request while at the same time 
+> 
+> The only issue is the bin-repos svn repository. I am not sure that it would be wise to 
+> mirror it on alamut. But we can decide to at least offer viewvc for adm, packages, and web ?
+
+Yes, it looks like a good idea.
+Only issue would be that we can't see the latest commits immediately.
+But if we mirror often, it should be ok.
+
+Now we need to find a vhost name for the web interface ? svnweb.mageia.org ?
+
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