On Tue, 2009-03-10 at 07:18 +0100, Andreas Tille wrote: > On Mon, 9 Mar 2009, ter wrote: > > > Just did a non-user checkout. So my svn shibboleth is OK (I use bzr > > myself, which can work with just http+ssh. But doesn't look like alioth > > supports that). > > Supports what? Alioth has bzr in principle and some projects are using it. > But we had enough discussion about competing Vcs systems. IMHO, the blends > stuff is currently simple enough to be handled with any Vcs so there is no > reason to change. Just expressing my personal unfamiliarity, and certainly not incitement to start a vcs war. But it looks like all the vcs's really provide the same basic commands, so I am getting the hang of svn.
> I have no idea whether http/https WebDAV extension is > installed on Alioth - is there any advantage over pristine anonymous svn? May not be any advantage - just provides another view, without any vcs-specific encumbrance - may not be worth the hassle, and I am not asking for it. > > > I can't do a svn+ssh checkout yet - I assume it's > > because my key hasn't been cron'ed, and not because I made a mistake. > > I'll try again later. > > You should be able to use your password in case the key is not yet propagated. > If it does not work after 48 hours just contact alioth admins. I made a mistake after all - used the wrong key. > > > Also if those who have been active on the wiki already know which or all > > of the listed non-Debian packages are active, and relevant, or have used > > them, please help out. > > Checking for activity is vey important. I learned that there are many > "one man show" projects popping up in these special fields and if these > people fail in forming a community around the project in most cases it > will die (when real life draws the interest of the programmers in different > directions). In defense of "one man" or "one woman" shows - they could yield that catalyst we are looking for. If that one man has persisted for the last 5 years, maybe there is value in his scratching, even if he were to lose the itch. It's a FOSS strength to reuse his work even after he leaves. As you said, this happens frequently in "special fields". I think debian-lex is a hard problem because it is trying to coalesce a bunch of "special fields", which in this case are layers of bureaucratic practices on top of myriad legal systems on top of many languages. Regards, Elaine -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
