"Eric Y. Kow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi Daan, > > I was wondering if you were still supporting darcs-server. > > On two occasions recently, we have had new darcs users getting confused > because they thought they had to install darcs-server to make darcs work > remotely. > > The reality is that you can darcs get/pull over ssh or http without any > software on the remote end. Also if you want to darcs push over ssh, > you need only have darcs installed. > > Darcs-server comes in handy when you want to push/apply patches over > HTTP, or when you want to let other people do stuff over ssh without > having to create new accounts for them. > > Otherwise, I think it may obscure the reality for many users that darcs > over http/ssh is actually quite easy to do. What do think we could do > to make things less confusing? > > Thanks! > > P.S: As an informal poll, are there any darcs-server users around? It > might be nice to have some sort of push-over-http feature one day, but > it likely isn't going to be a high priority for a while.
As the maintainer of Debian's Darcs integration, I plan to remove the "darcs-server" package from Debian real soon now. The darcs-server.cgi file (which is essentially all that package contains) will move to /usr/share/doc/darcs/contrib/ or similar. http://bugs.debian.org/339770 The rationale is: - I don't know how to run it, and nobody responded to my request for help (with respect to testing it), http://bugs.debian.org/486192 - According to popcon, only five people use it, http://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=darcs - It blocks the inclusion in Debian of a separate "darcs-server" package from equational.org, http://bugs.debian.org/490281 _______________________________________________ darcs-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/darcs-users
