[SAC] Re: [Geodata] "Public Geodata" SVN for "Custom Scenery" ?

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dear Martin, all,
On Sun, Aug 12, 2007 at 10:27:20AM +0000, Martin Spott wrote:

  http://www.custom-scenery.org/
  http://mapserver.flightgear.org/

Currently the Custom Scenery project is looking for a public place (an
SVN repository for example) to host its source code.

Right, as discussed on IRC, this seems like a great opportunity to
join up with others sharing goals, a project already close to home.
And it seems Hobu is already happy in principle to set up an instance
of subversion for this.

The only issue seems to be one of namespace, would Ralf et al be happy
for their code to be stored underneath a generic 'geodata' repository.
If you are happy to liase between customscenery and hobu as is
necessary, that would be great.

As I see the main
development goal of "Custom Scenery" to be in line with the aims of
OSGeo's "Public Geodata", I would like to ask for supporting the idea
of assigning a status similar to a Public Geodata "Working Group" to
Custom Scenery and to host this projects source code inside the Public

A status probably isn't necessary, and working groups seem to be
something made up on the wiki that don't really exist. :wink:

cheers,

jo
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Jo and Martin,

I will be on vacation starting Tuesday afternoon until Sunday. If you decide on the name, I should be able to get to creating things tomorrow. Otherwise, maybe Frank or Martin :wink: can create the repository and Trac instance. There should be fairly complete documentation of the process on the wiki. A geodata svn ldap group will also need to be added, and once one or two people are manually added to the group, they can add the rest. I think you pointed out geodata had an svn instance as part of CN, so there is some precedent already....

On the other hand, we (or maybe just I) have also been trying to cut down on the proliferation of svn/trac instances, as each one has a fixed maintenance/configuration/backup/check-that-it-works-when-you-change-things cost. Geodata could create a directory using your OSGeo IDs in osgeo - Revision 12811: / right now, without any special repository creation. Another option to consider. Add a geodata component to the Trac instance, and it is pretty painless. Downside is anyone with an OSGeo ID can *commit* to the repository. It hasn't been a problem yet, but there are those who hate this setup :wink:

BTW, I did some research into selective svn permissions in the style Gary had suggested, and it seems there isn't any out-of-the-box support for setting these preferences with the users coming from LDAP. Someone posted on a list that they had a solution, but never supplied the patch.

Howard

On Aug 19, 2007, at 11:36 AM, Jo Walsh wrote:

dear Martin, all,
On Sun, Aug 12, 2007 at 10:27:20AM +0000, Martin Spott wrote:

  http://www.custom-scenery.org/
  http://mapserver.flightgear.org/

Currently the Custom Scenery project is looking for a public place (an
SVN repository for example) to host its source code.

Right, as discussed on IRC, this seems like a great opportunity to
join up with others sharing goals, a project already close to home.
And it seems Hobu is already happy in principle to set up an instance
of subversion for this.

The only issue seems to be one of namespace, would Ralf et al be happy
for their code to be stored underneath a generic 'geodata' repository.
If you are happy to liase between customscenery and hobu as is
necessary, that would be great.

As I see the main
development goal of "Custom Scenery" to be in line with the aims of
OSGeo's "Public Geodata", I would like to ask for supporting the idea
of assigning a status similar to a Public Geodata "Working Group" to
Custom Scenery and to host this projects source code inside the Public

A status probably isn't necessary, and working groups seem to be
something made up on the wiki that don't really exist. :wink:

cheers,

jo
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Hi Howard,

On Sun, Aug 19, 2007 at 11:58:38PM -0500, Howard Butler wrote:

I will be on vacation starting Tuesday afternoon until Sunday. If
you decide on the name, I should be able to get to creating things
tomorrow. Otherwise, maybe Frank or Martin :wink: can create the
repository and Trac instance. There should be fairly complete
documentation of the process on the wiki. A geodata svn ldap group
will also need to be added, and once one or two people are manually
added to the group, they can add the rest. I think you pointed out
geodata had an svn instance as part of CN, so there is some precedent
already....

I think I'll declare this as my first action at the OSGeo servers aside
from pure LDAP mangling. I'll comply to existing conventions and If I
get stuck, then I'll ask you on how to proceed after you're back.

Happy vacation !
  Martin.
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On 19-Aug-07, at 9:58 PM, Howard Butler wrote:

Downside is anyone with an OSGeo ID can *commit* to the repository. It hasn't been a problem yet, but there are those who hate this setup :wink:

It's not bad anymore, is it? We have this "osgeo" group that committers must be added to, right?

Tyler