Thanks Anverc, I downloaded and installed the C-Sharp Post-Review App, its absolutely wonderful. However, I am getting an error "Adding Diff to Review Board Failed". Any ideas? - Noam
On Apr 16, 8:28 pm, Anverc <[email protected]> wrote: > If you happen to be using subversion, I have created a csharp post > review app that integrates into explorer nicely. I'll open source it > soon as I get a chance to clean the code up and stub out future vc > functionality. You can try the binary out by downloading from > blog.bennyland.com. (I'd give you the exact link but I'm on my phone > right now.. It's one of the last 3 posts though) > > On Apr 16, 11:20 am, David B <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I should add, for my distribution I also copied the GNU licence text > > from the diffutils installer into a text file and included it in my > > dist/ folder - although I was only testing this build process and not > > actually distributing my package I wanted to make sure I followed the > > rules in case it should ever be passed around within or outside our > > company. > > > On Apr 16, 3:24 pm, David Ball <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Raghu, > > > > I can't help with bulk user loading, but on item 1.... > > > > Once you have a working installation of post-review, you can use the > > > py2exe to create a windows executable which can be distributed to > > > staff (I'm assuming your users are working under windows). > > > > I couldn't find a detailed explanation in the ReviewBoard archive, so > > > here's a step-by-step of how I did it (Windows XP Pro SP3, Python > > > 2.5.4, Review Board 1.0 alpha 2) > > > > 1) Take as your starting point a working post-review.py script on a > > > Windows machine. > > > > 2) Download the py2exe package "py2exe-0.6.9.win32-py2.5.exe" > > > fromhttp://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=15583and > > > install. (I assume you can use easy_install instead, but I can't make > > > it work with our web proxy) > > > > 3) Make sure there are no ".egg" files in the Python site-packages > > > folder (C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages). These are zipped and py2exe > > > can't handle them. They must be unzipped into folders of the same > > > name. If there are do the following: > > > 3a) Rename by adding a ".zip" extension after the ".egg" extension. > > > 3b) Unzip the extension to a folder with the same name as the > > > original ".egg" file. > > > > 4) In the same folder as post-review.py create a setup.py script > > > containing exactly the lines below. This will use py2exe to generate > > > the executable: > > > > from distutils.core import setup > > > import py2exe > > > > setup( > > > options = {'py2exe': {'bundle_files': 1}}, > > > console = ['post-review.py'], > > > zipfile = None, > > > ) > > > > 5) Run the setup.py script: > > > prompt> python setup.py py2exe > > > > 6) The distributable package (comprising two exes and a DLL) can be > > > found in the new dist/ subdirectory. > > > The dist folder contents can be copied to client PCs. The > > > post-review.exe program works in exactly the same way as the original > > > python script it was generated from. > > > > 7) post-review requires GNU diff (at least it does when you're using > > > Perforce as I am). Download the GnuWin32 package > > > "diffutils-2.8.7-1.exe" > > > fromhttp://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/diffutils.htm > > > > 8) Run the diffutils installer. Accept the default options except > > > where prompted for documentation, which should be deselected as not > > > required. > > > > 9) Copy the following files from C:\Program Files\GnuWin32\bin to the > > > post-review dist/ subdirectory: > > > diff.exe > > > libiconv2.dll > > > libintl3.dll > > > > 10) Rename the dist/ folder to something descriptive, then ZIP it up > > > and distribute to users - alternatively, I was able to build a simple > > > Windows installer at no cost using NSIS and HM NIS Edit. > > > > David > > > > On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 2:57 PM, Raghu Kaippully <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > I have been evaluating review board to see if we can use it within our > > > > organization for code reviews. The initial reaction was very good and > > > > we are nearing the end of a pilot phase where we'll roll this out to a > > > > large number of users. I had a couple of questions: > > > > > 1. Our development/build environment is perl based and nobody has > > > > python installed in their machines. This is going to make it hard for > > > > installing post-review. Has somebody thought about creating an > > > > installer that bundles python, setuptools, all required modules, and > > > > post-review into one package? I tried creating a Windows installer > > > > using NSIS and found it quite simple. Can I conribute that to review > > > > board? > > > > > 2. Is there a way to bulk-load all users and groups into the database? > > > > If we do not do that a requester will not be able to add a reviewer in > > > > the review request till the reviewer has logged in at least once. > > > > > Thanks in advance for the help, > > > > Raghu --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "reviewboard" group. 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