Greetings, gnucash literati!
I want the gnucash-gnome effort to work. I believe that if we pool
our brains a little, we can make it work without undue pain.
I propose the following:
1. I set up a separate CVS tree with read/write access for anyone who
expresses real interest in hacking on the gnome interface for gnucash.
(This is already done.)
2. Access to the new CVS server will be exclusively by explicit
accounts. I.e. no anonymous access. I will create a cvs account on
my server for anyone who asks for one via personal email.
3. When the gnome interface is usable again, the resulting re-write
of xacc/src/gnome is merged back into the mainline distribution.
What does y'all think? Is any of the other gnome-philes interested in
doing this? I know people were talking a few weeks ago about big
gnome patches, but I don't think they made it, and 'make gnome' hasn't
worked in a while.
Q: How do I ask for a CVS account?
A: Send me a CVS passwd line like this:
your-username-buddy:your-encrypted-password
I'll send mail back in a day or two saying that I've created your
account.
Q: How do I encrypt my password?
A: Man crypt(); or just:
echo 'print (crypt ("password", "salt")); print "\n";' | perl
but put your cvs pass in for the string "password"
Q: How do I check-out the new tree?
A: Do the following:
cd place-where-you-want-xacc-gnome
cvs -d :pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/im/magnus/cvsroot login
type yer password
cvs -d :pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/im/magnus/cvsroot get xacc-gnome
This will get a whole new copy of "xacc" under the directory
"xacc-gnome". This will allow you to compare the mainline and
xacc-gnome trees easily.
Q: Will xacc-gnome keep pace with the mainline xacc tree?
A: Not automatically. I'm still thinking about how to automate
this. Hopefully the xacc-gnome stuff will get done quickly, and it
won't matter too much because we'll merge them in a month.
--
I am a perfect stereotype of myself.
Just like I always wanted to be.
Daniel Risacher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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