Contrib SVN is now open

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Hamilton Verissimo

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Jul 9, 2008, 5:12:58 PM7/9/08
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Meaning that anyone, without an username/password can commit things
there. We're going to try this for a while and see what happens. If
anarchy doesnt wont we will fallback to the way it was.

I hope it works, though.

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Jonathon Rossi

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Jul 10, 2008, 4:08:19 AM7/10/08
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Won't that become painful for knowing who committed what when you look through the logs?

Could it work better using JIRA/donjon usernames with blank passwords? And have a process on a schedule that recreates the users, not sure how apache is set up.
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Gökhan Altınören

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Jul 10, 2008, 4:29:26 AM7/10/08
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+1 for open access
+1 for matching commits with some kind of identity.

Roelof Blom

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Jul 10, 2008, 7:21:14 AM7/10/08
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I've said about the same thing on the PCM list, this was Hammett's response:
'Is there something that can be used for that (besides Crowd)? I dont
want to invest time building anything.'

He has a point. So, who *wants* to invest time ;-)

Gökhan Altınören

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Jul 10, 2008, 9:34:40 AM7/10/08
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Yes, he has a point :)

Isn't it something like:
- Get user names from a db (donjon)
- Update somewhere in a text file (svn)
- Runs periodically

I also don't have time but I'll try to invest some somewhere in the next 30 days.

2008/7/10 Roelof Blom <roelo...@gmail.com>:

Jonathon Rossi

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Jul 10, 2008, 9:53:30 AM7/10/08
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Hamilton, how are the credentials set up for the castle svn? I assume it is using apache's basic authentication method.

If so, we could attempt to run htpasswd programatically:
htpasswd -md C:\...\svn-auth-file userNameToAdd

Or just rebuild the whole file using something like this article:
http://www.enusbaum.com/blog/2007/01/28/generating-apache-compatible-htpasswd-users-in-c/
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Hamilton Verissimo

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Jul 10, 2008, 11:31:01 AM7/10/08
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Well, like I said I dont want to invest time. Opening the contrib was
a way to save time - not having to set up accounts.

2008/7/10 Jonathon Rossi <jo...@jonorossi.com>:

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