On Thu, Jul 19, 2007 at 11:49:03AM -0400, The Editor wrote: > On 7/19/07, Patrick R. Michaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I'm looking into the possibility of building > >a subversion repository for cookbook recipes > >and I have some questions: > >... > > Sorry for not being very informed, but could someone give a brief idea > how subversion's work, and how hard they are to use? I'd be > interested, though don't really know what is involved.
You might start with: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Version_control http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subversion_%28software%29 Essentially, Subversion is a version control system -- it allows multiple developers to coordinate changes to a common code library. It takes care of keeping track of all versions of the library, as well as helping to resolve conflicts when two people are working on the same component at the same time. I use Subversion to maintain the PmWiki codebase, but as yet there's only one "committer" (me). If/when we have others who want to directly modify the PmWiki core code, then I can set up accounts so that others can contribute changes directly to the repository. Cookbook recipes that end up with multiple maintainers and contributors could potentially use a Subversion repository to coordinate changes and patches among the multiple authors. Note that in suggesting that we have a repository available I'm *not* suggesting that we remove the existing cookbook mechanisms. I still want people who don't have access to or experience with Subversion to be able to contribute recipe scripts. Pm _______________________________________________ pmwiki-users mailing list [email protected] http://www.pmichaud.com/mailman/listinfo/pmwiki-users
