Hello, Ayushman; could you not top-post? On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 08:23:56PM +0530, Ayushman Tripathi wrote: > I used this quote `groups` because in the latest MySQL version, groups is a > reserved keyword. So, when I was trying to set up a development environment, > I got so many errors related to this.
This is a separate issue, and it isn't clear how to deal with it; ultimately, we may stop supporting MySQL. IIRC Bob said its free version wasn't properly supported, and its manual is proprietary. Meanwhile, you can use MariaDB. > I'll try to make these changes very shortly. Thank you! > And yes, I'm working with the Savannah volunteers to implement its backend, I wonder who those volunteers are. > which is to update the sv_groups.in > <https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/administration/savane.git/tree/backend/accounts/sv_groups.in> > and Git.pm.in, > <https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/administration/savane.git/tree/lib/Savane/Git.pm.in>and I agree that these steps are needed, but setting up the repositories on VCS servers won't make www.{non,}gnu.org serve those pages, and it won't make Git work flawlessly; those are things that are the most important to do---they can't be done by volunteers, unlike all the rest. > I set an independent database field, `homepage_vcs`, which stores the value > of the vcs used, which can be git, cvs, etc. With this approach, if in the > future we want to add other VCS support, it will be much easier and more > clear. This is exactly what I highly recommend against. Adding a dependence on a new column is a very intrusive step, and we definitely don't want to break compatibility with any new feature like this.
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