Re: Re: hosting packages on external VCS sites

On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 06:12:50 -0500, Helgi Þormar Þorbjörnsson wrote: > On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 11:45:37 +0100, Lukas Kahwe Smith wrote: > >> Hey, >> >> For RCS, I don't really see how CVS can be sooo bad for someone that >> they have to have their own SVN to maintain a library package. Really, >> I can't .. eventhough I am in favor of providing SVN on php.net as well >> .. because it does have some advantages (local diff, directory >> management ..) > > IMHO people should be able to use git for all I care as long as it's > online and on a somewhat proven hosting service > >> For documentation: We just need someone to step to the plate and really >> really fix up Livedocs. There was an SoC last year IIRC, but the >> student did not come through. With Livedocs people would not need the >> docbook tool chain, and we could even provide a web interface. So >> students please talk to the phpdoc folks and put up an SoC proposal! >> >> http://www.theprojects.org/php/livedocs.php > > Yeah of course, I had forgotten all about livedocs :) I'd favor a > LiveDocs proposal over any of the submissions in GSoC, well maybe beside > the reference fixy project :-P A friend of mine (some here know him as Hannes, other as bjori) is applying to GSoC to fix up LiveDocs !!! :) I discussed the web ui idea with him, he was somewhat interested but said it couldn't be done this summer ... so we might have to find a extra pair of hands to finish that feature if we ever wanted it :) I'm not sure how long this link will be alive but those who want to read his proposal can do so here: http://home.oslo.nith.no/~maghan/livedocs Basically he's going to make LiveDocs work (tm) Regards Helgi