Very interesting about websvn. I didn't know about that. You're right, I am only talking about svn for code. Something else is needed for the commentary. Perhaps, being in PHP, this is something we might contribute to...
M On 12/12/2010 03:43 PM, Jesse Becker wrote: > On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 07:19, <no-re...@cfengine.com> wrote: >> Forum: Cfengine Help >> Subject: Once more unto the code bridge: repository >> Author: mark >> Link to topic: https://cfengine.com/forum/read.php?3,19721,19721#msg-19721 >> >> Reviving this discussion of a forum for code snippets once again, I have >> been thinking about the various options. I'm afraid I wasn't very impressed >> with github (found it quite hard to navigate) and see the wood for the >> trees. I also didn't get a lot out of reading about Plone. I think the >> repository should be hosted by Cfengine so that it is easy to find and has a >> sense of `stamp of approval'. >> >> I don't feel like I have an answer, but I am wondering about the following: >> >> * Simply using SVN to keep versioned code. Login/authentication based on a >> proper engine room registration account. >> * Adding an interface that allows indexing, commentary and knowledge >> integration using Cfengine's own knowledge map and some PHP magic. >> >> What I like about this is the versioning that SVN and ViewVC add. We could >> put some resources into this in the new year if people think it would be a >> good solution. > > If you do got the SVN route, I'd like ot mention websvn as a viewing > tool (http://www.websvn.info/). I use it at $dayjob, and find it a > lot nicer to use, simpler to setup (in our environment) and faster > than viewsvn. > > While SVN (et al) is nice for code, it seems to be less useful for > non-code documentation and explanations. Various notes about how to > best organized bundles and files come to mind as an example. Having > everything backed by version control is nice, but putting everything > one more "level down" inside a file (instead of just displayed as a > webpage) makes the information harder to find. > > _______________________________________________ Help-cfengine mailing list Help-cfengine@cfengine.org https://cfengine.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine
