Re: [fossil-users] This mailing list is now deprecated

2018-08-08 Thread Will Parsons
On Wednesday, 8 Aug 2018 8:40 AM -0400, Richard Hipp wrote: > The new "forum" feature of Fossil is now live on the self-hosting website: > > https://fossil-scm.org/forum > > The forum feature is intended as a replacement for mailing lists like > this one. Though still very "beta", I believe i

Re: [fossil-users] Feature slideshow on fossil homepage

2018-07-09 Thread Will Parsons
On Monday, 9 Jul 2018 12:06 PM -0400, mario wrote: > As followup to last month` Show time.. discussion: > > → http://fossilslideshow.tmp.include-once.org/ > > (Take in mind this ain't a mockup yet; just as example.) > Discussion >== > > Is this something the Fossil homepage should have?

Re: [fossil-users] How to link to licence file in fossil wiki

2018-05-11 Thread Will Parsons
On Friday, 11 May 2018 10:43 AM -0400, Warren Young wrote: > On May 11, 2018, at 8:09 AM, Richard Hipp wrote: >> >> License > > If that works, then I’d strongly suggest text/plain instead. You don’t want > Fossil to tell the browser that it should try interpreting ampersands and > angle br

[fossil-users] How to link to licence file in fossil wiki

2018-05-10 Thread Will Parsons
I've just added a plain-text LICENCE file to one of my projects that uses Fossil, and I'd like to add a link to it from the project homepage that will display the file's contents when the link is followed. I thought the obvious way to do that would be add something like this to the home page:

Re: [fossil-users] question about background colour in Fossil/Chiselapp access log

2018-04-24 Thread Will Parsons
On Tuesday, 24 Apr 2018 9:28 PM -0400, Richard Hipp wrote: > On 4/24/18, Will Parsons wrote: >> I use Chiselapp to host several of my fossil repositories, and I'm >> puzzled to see that in the Access Log of one of my repositories on >> Chisel that some (but only some)

Re: [fossil-users] question about background colour in Fossil/Chiselapp access log

2018-04-24 Thread Will Parsons
On Tuesday, 24 Apr 2018 9:03 PM -0400, Will Parsons wrote: > I use Chiselapp to host several of my fossil repositories, and I'm > puzzled to see that in the Access Log of one of my repositories on > Chisel that some (but only some) of the entries have a pink > background. > &g

[fossil-users] question about background colour in Fossil/Chiselapp access log

2018-04-24 Thread Will Parsons
I use Chiselapp to host several of my fossil repositories, and I'm puzzled to see that in the Access Log of one of my repositories on Chisel that some (but only some) of the entries have a pink background. I don't see anything obviously distinctive between the entries with a pink background and th

Re: [fossil-users] feature request: diff -tk: 'q' to quit

2017-11-11 Thread Will Parsons
On Saturday, 11 Nov 2017 7:08 PM -0500, Stephan Beal wrote: > --===3478356516174635687== > Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="94eb2c1cc16658e44a055dbdf4c0" > > --94eb2c1cc16658e44a055dbdf4c0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Lol - i never even noticed that the

Re: [fossil-users] spam after posting to the list

2017-03-05 Thread Will Parsons
On Sunday, 5 Mar 2017 7:59 AM -0500, Saša Janiška wrote: > Hello, > > my last post to the list has triggered 7 *different* spam messages to my > INBOX from the *same* author, so wonder if there is something which can > be done against it, iow. I wonder if the situation is same whether one > posts

[fossil-users] documentation bug

2017-02-04 Thread Will Parsons
In the help test for push, the description of the -R option reads: -R|--repository REPO Repository to pull into whereas I think it should read "repository to push from" or similar. -- Will ___ fossil-users mailing list fossil-users@lists.foss

Re: [fossil-users] download compressed tarball from repository

2016-12-11 Thread Will Parsons
Richard Hipp wrote: > On 12/10/16, Will Parsons wrote: >> In one of my projects using Fossil, I wish to provide the software both as a >> zip file and a compressed tarball. In fact, I thought I'd already done this >> and it was working by providing the following links

[fossil-users] download compressed tarball from repository

2016-12-10 Thread Will Parsons
In one of my projects using Fossil, I wish to provide the software both as a zip file and a compressed tarball. In fact, I thought I'd already done this and it was working by providing the following links: Current trunk (zip file) Current trunk (compressed tar file) On recently trying though, I

Re: [fossil-users] EXECUTABLE, and not really being added to updated repo

2016-12-07 Thread Will Parsons
On Tuesday, 6 Dec 2016 5:46 PM -0500, bch wrote: > I've got a collection of files who's apparently only change is the > EXECUTABLE bit set, but after a commit, they're still showing up in "f > chan"; I retried w/ a --sha1sum switch; still listed as changed > (despite the new commit showing up in

Re: [fossil-users] Download v1.36 Linux x86 tar.gz actually contains 64bit binary

2016-11-15 Thread Will Parsons
On Tuesday, 15 Nov 2016 5:46 AM -0500, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote: > Dear "K. Fossil user", > it's been said before. Please keep your aggressive attitude and > platitudes to yourself. You are just annoying and distracting people. It should be pretty clear by now that "K. Fossil user" is a troll. Ca

Re: [fossil-users] getting rid of warning "can't open /dev/null"...

2015-05-26 Thread Will Parsons
On Tuesday, 26 May 2015 3:20 PM -0400, Richard Hipp wrote: > On 5/26/15, Will Parsons wrote: >> Apparently a change was made to Fossil in February to issue warnings >> about not being able to open /dev/null and /dev/urandom. I'm running >> a Fossil server from i

[fossil-users] getting rid of warning "can't open /dev/null"...

2015-05-26 Thread Will Parsons
Apparently a change was made to Fossil in February to issue warnings about not being able to open /dev/null and /dev/urandom. I'm running a Fossil server from inetd under FreeBSD, and am getting these messages when I go into Administration. Since I can't do anything about the underlying reason (a

Re: [fossil-users] Introducing Lagerstatte, an open-source hosting service for Fossil repositories

2015-03-31 Thread Will Parsons
Vikrant Chaudhary wrote: > On 30 March 2015 at 17:39, j. van den hoff wrote: >> a marginal point, but in case you care: the german word for >> repository/deposit actually is "Lagerstätte" where the diacritical mark over >> the `a' really matters. but "Lagerstatte" sounds really awful (since the "a

Re: [fossil-users] Spelling corrections for fossil-scm.org

2015-02-26 Thread Will Parsons
jungle Boogie wrote: > Hello All, > > I found the following spelling mistakes on the website. The misspelled > word begins and ends in *. > > I don't know the difference between descendants vs. descendents Both are correct. "Descendant" seems to be more common than "descendent", but it can be arg

Re: [fossil-users] How to force text for all files?

2014-12-07 Thread Will Parsons
wrote: > -Original Message- > From: Will Parsons > >>And how could one possibly distinguish a file containing all 256 byte >> bit patterns from a binary file? > > That's the point, in effect you can't. It's up to you to decide how to > inte

Re: [fossil-users] How to force text for all files?

2014-12-07 Thread Will Parsons
wrote: > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > --===0379594130== > Content-Type: multipart/alternative; > boundary="=_NextPart_000_001C_01D01261.2A93EE90" > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > --=_NextPart_000_001C_01D01261.2A93EE90 > Content-Typ

Re: [fossil-users] how to make link to zip file/tarball

2014-11-20 Thread Will Parsons
Stephan Beal wrote: > --===1833591206== > Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7bfced30f661db0508511b3c > > --047d7bfced30f661db0508511b3c > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 10:29 PM, Stephan Beal > wrote: > >> And see: >> >> http://fossi

Re: [fossil-users] how to make link to zip file/tarball

2014-11-20 Thread Will Parsons
Stephan Beal wrote: > --===0338390041== > Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7bd9201abd3d160508510448 > > --047d7bd9201abd3d160508510448 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 10:25 PM, Will Parsons > wrote: > &

[fossil-users] how to make link to zip file/tarball

2014-11-20 Thread Will Parsons
I'd like to create a link to a zip file or tarball for downloading in the Fossil web interface for a application. The "Fossil Web Interface" page of the Fossil documentation suggests this is supported, but I can't find any further information on how to do this. Can someone describe this or point

Re: [fossil-users] Tab stop width

2014-09-30 Thread Will Parsons
Stephan Beal wrote: > --===1471853227== > Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=089e0139fcda1d63f205044c8930 > > --089e0139fcda1d63f205044c8930 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 6:26 PM, Ron W wrote: > >> On the command line, I typically pipe

Re: [fossil-users] Tab stop width

2014-09-30 Thread Will Parsons
dave wrote: >>... >> >> >> > > When Fossil displays a file in the repository, is it possible to >> > > tell it the width of the tab characters in the file? I could not >> > > find any setting to do that. >> > > >> > >> > Tab stops are hard-coded to every 8th character. There is >> no setting >

Re: [fossil-users] Proposed improvement to inheritedprivilegessubscripts.

2014-09-28 Thread Will Parsons
Scott Robison wrote: > --===0702352335== > Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=f46d044286d854da5a05042007d5 > > --f46d044286d854da5a05042007d5 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > On Sep 28, 2014 12:49 AM, "Stephan Beal" wrote: >> >> Sidenote: i'm curious why most pe

[fossil-users] branch colour (and documentation typo)

2014-09-09 Thread Will Parsons
I have a project in which I've created a number of branches (currently six). Perhaps by bad luck, three of the branches received quite similar varieties of blue/green as the background colour, and I'd like to have a better visual distinction among the branches. I see that one can use the --branc

Re: [fossil-users] Tags in comment document

2014-09-07 Thread Will Parsons
Stephan Beal wrote: > --===1015663013== > Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=f46d04388df3ee3c0605027d793b > > --f46d04388df3ee3c0605027d793b > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 7:55 PM, Ron W wrote: > >> It's still only a 1 line "window" - un

Re: [fossil-users] Tags in comment document

2014-09-06 Thread Will Parsons
Stephan Beal wrote: > > It's probably just an oversight. IIRC, the --tag option to commit was added > relative recently (within the past year), and in my experience most people > provide the message on the command line, so they never see that. i honestly > can't remember the last time i let an scm

Re: [fossil-users] Fossil not updating to the true latest commit in branch

2014-09-03 Thread Will Parsons
Richard Hipp wrote: > --===1631061293== > Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7bb04ace7469e00502303533 > > --047d7bb04ace7469e00502303533 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 5:13 PM, Stephan Beal wrote: > >> On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 11:05 PM

Re: [fossil-users] Elizabethan grammar [was: Fossil not updating to the true latest commit in branch]

2014-09-03 Thread Will Parsons
Stephan Beal wrote: > --===0605817196== > Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7ba9828059d4a905022fb60a > > --047d7ba9828059d4a905022fb60a > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 11:05 PM, Ron W wrote: > >> On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 3:39 PM, Steph

Re: [fossil-users] how to push to chiselapp

2014-08-07 Thread Will Parsons
Andy Bradford wrote: > Thus said Will Parsons on Thu, 07 Aug 2014 00:53:53 -: > >> fossil push https://chiselapp.com/user//repository/ -B >> ':' >> > > By the way, if chiselapp does support HTTP_AUTH, then you might simply > need to enable REMOT

Re: [fossil-users] how to push to chiselapp

2014-08-07 Thread Will Parsons
Andy Bradford wrote: > Thus said Will Parsons on Thu, 07 Aug 2014 00:53:53 -: > >> Since I wasn't transmitting any sensitive data anyway, I answered yes, >> and then got: >> >> Error: not authorized to write >> >> Is there something wrong with the

[fossil-users] how to push to chiselapp

2014-08-06 Thread Will Parsons
I'm trying out chiselapp for the first time and running into difficulties. I managed to create an account for myself and upload an existing repo successfully, but I can't seem to figure out how to push changes to chiselapp. What I thought should work is: fossil push https://chiselapp.com/user//r

Re: [fossil-users] Cannot determine user when using -A

2014-06-07 Thread Will Parsons
Stephan Beal wrote: > --===0473655165== > Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7ba972dac592b704fb40f859 > > --047d7ba972dac592b704fb40f859 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 5:18 PM, Will Parsons wrote: > >

Re: [fossil-users] Cannot determine user when using -A

2014-06-07 Thread Will Parsons
Philip Bennefall wrote: > I have been experimenting with Fossil for a few days now and am really > liking it so far. I am in the process of switching all my old SVN > repositories to Fossil and haven't had any trouble. > > However, I ran into an issue when creating a new repository today. To > i

Re: [fossil-users] anomaly using [g]diff

2014-05-13 Thread Will Parsons
Jan Nijtmans wrote: > Your ".fossil" file contains information on which files are locally > changed. The "vfile" table rememberd rid's for each file which > is in the current checkout. Those rid's are searched in > the "blob" table in your "recepsum.fossil" database. > > My guess is that you re-clo

[fossil-users] anomaly using [g]diff

2014-05-12 Thread Will Parsons
I recently revisited a working directory that I hadn't visited recently, so I wanted to review what the changes were, so here's what I found: - anukis% fossil stat repository: /home/william/FOSSIL/recepsum.fossil local-

Re: [fossil-users] Tracking System Configuration Files - Best Practices

2014-04-23 Thread Will Parsons
Joseph Mingrone wrote: > Is Fossil an appropriate tool for tracking system configuration files? > If you are doing this, would you mind sharing your best practices? No. Use RCS instead. Seriously. I've seen this question come up before on other lists devoted to SCM's - how to do this in Mercuri

Re: [fossil-users] Making branches private and multiple private branches

2014-03-10 Thread Will Parsons
Richard Hipp wrote: > --===0261154002== > Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7bea39f4fa833104f447520d > > --047d7bea39f4fa833104f447520d > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 5:08 PM, Will Parsons wrote: &g

Re: [fossil-users] Making branches private and multiple private branches

2014-03-10 Thread Will Parsons
t;> On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 7:28 PM, Will Parsons wrote: >> >>> the main repository into the two secondary ones, but is it possible to >>> then make branches B & C private retroactively? The documentation >>> only mentions creating a private branch with the f

[fossil-users] Making branches private and multiple private branches

2014-03-10 Thread Will Parsons
I've been using Fossil as an SCM for one of my projects for about a year now. The program uses a GUI toolkit "A", and since I wanted to experiment with alternative toolkits "B" & "C", some time ago I copied projname.fossil to projname-B.fossil and projname-C.fossil, created new branches B and C in

Re: [fossil-users] how to edit "All Tickets" presentation

2013-10-19 Thread Will Parsons
Ron Wilson wrote: > --===1527519250== > > I did not want to change the All Tickets report, so I created a new report, > using the > "New report format" link on the Tickets page. Then I removed the subsystem > and > comment fields from the SQL select statement, then saved it. Then I went

Re: [fossil-users] how to edit "All Tickets" presentation

2013-10-17 Thread Will Parsons
" field, but create a summary report without it? Why? And how? > On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 8:18 PM, Will Parsons wrote: > >> Ron Wilson wrote: >> > On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 6:14 PM, Will Parsons > >wrote: >> > >> >> I can't >> >>

Re: [fossil-users] how to edit "All Tickets" presentation

2013-10-17 Thread Will Parsons
Ron Wilson wrote: > On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 6:14 PM, Will Parsons wrote: > >> I can't >> figure out how to edit the "All Tickets" page to get rid of the >> "subsystem" column, and without that I will get an error when I >> display the page.

[fossil-users] how to edit "All Tickets" presentation

2013-10-17 Thread Will Parsons
I've been using fossil for some of my private projects for a few months now, and at least on one of them there is no use for the "subsystem" field for tickets. I can see where to edit the schema to delete the field from the database, but for the life of me I can't figure out how to edit the "All T

Re: [fossil-users] "local time is currently the same as UTC"

2013-05-01 Thread Will Parsons
Hi Max, Thank you! Maxim Khitrov wrote: > On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 8:08 PM, Will Parsons wrote: >> Maxim Khitrov wrote: >>> On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 7:21 PM, Will Parsons wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I've set up (on FreeBSD) a fossil server

Re: [fossil-users] "local time is currently the same as UTC"

2013-05-01 Thread Will Parsons
Hi Maxim, Maxim Khitrov wrote: > On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 7:21 PM, Will Parsons wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I've set up (on FreeBSD) a fossil server using the inetd method. When >> looking at the timeline display I see the times displayed in UTC, and >> since I&#

[fossil-users] "local time is currently the same as UTC"

2013-05-01 Thread Will Parsons
Hi, I've set up (on FreeBSD) a fossil server using the inetd method. When looking at the timeline display I see the times displayed in UTC, and since I'd rather see local time, I tried to fix this using Timeline Display Preferences. However the "Use UTC" box is not checked, and in fact there is

Re: [fossil-users] user name question

2013-04-27 Thread Will Parsons
Hi Stephan, Stephan Beal wrote: > --===1226325735== > Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=f46d043894c5bea1ca04db4d5d30 > > --f46d043894c5bea1ca04db4d5d30 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 1:36 AM, Will Parsons

[fossil-users] user name question

2013-04-26 Thread Will Parsons
Hi, I'm new to this list, and to fossil. I've just started playing around with fossil, and have run into something that doesn't seem quite right. Doing a push, I got the message: Cannot figure out who you are! Consider using the --user command line option, setting your USER environment variab