Still having problems running Gitorious

[Makistos]

As per my earlier thread now I get the front page but that's about it.
Might well be I have messed something up for good but I listed what
steps I have taken in my blog (it's far too long to copy here). If
some kind soul could have a look and tell me if I have made any
mistakes & what to do next I would be grateful.

The adress for the blog post is http://blog.sofistes.net/2009/06/ridiculous-task-of-installing-gitorious.html

Sorry about the subject but after three days working on this that's
what I feel like... although it looks like it's not just Gitorious but
generally any Ruby on Rails app.

I would need to install Gitorious as we'd like to compare it with
GitHub and see which is better. GitHub should also release it's
sources in the Autumn (I've been told). We would prefer Gitorious but
I really need to have it installed first...

[Ryan Schwartz]

IMHO, GitHub will not be releasing their source - they just started
selling a standalone product called GitHub: Firewall Install and
they're charging ~$600/user/year - they'd be crazy to release the
source and expect anyone to pay that much. It would be interesting to
see if your sources are correct on that front.

Sorry to hear of your problems, but I've got Gitorious running fine
(as well as a good number of others here) - it is a complex process to
get it running, but it says that right in the doc/README file: "One of
the main challenges in Gitorious is its installation process. It is
anything but trivial."

Also in the main README it's noted that "First of all, **we assume you
have a working Ruby on Rails installation on your machine**." This
includes mysql, apache, and rubgems - things you noted that weren't
mentioned in the Gitorious documentation.

Gitorious has gone through a HUGE update in the last month or so, and
the documentation is lagging behind the code. The thing about OSS is
that while it's great that some projects have very specific and
detailed, not all do right at the start. Gitorious is a WONDERFUL
product, and it just takes some time getting it running smoothly, and
I'd expect that to become an easier process as things develop further.

Keep at it and I'm sure you'll get things going properly and will
enjoy your own in-house SCM solution.
--
Ryan Schwartz

[Makistos]

Shouldn't Ubuntu Jaunty come with a working version of Rails?

[Makistos]

Is there a description of what components work and how in Gitorious?
I.e. some sort of data flow model?

I could try to figure out what is wrong but I have no idea what could
be broken. As long as the installation document is lagging I don't
know how to approach this problem as I could try the same things again
and probably end up with the same problem.