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What is Alioth? | == What is Alioth? == [http://alioth.debian.org Alioth.debian.org] is a Debian server running [["GForge"] http://gforge.org/]. It's much like sourceforge or savannah but it's a service for Debian Developers. |
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== Policy == Anyone can [http://alioth.debian.org/register/ ask for a new project] on Alioth but it will only be approved if it respects the [http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2003/03/msg00024.html project approval policy]. Any free software project where a Debian Developer is involved is fine. Any packaging project (whose name MUST start with "pkg-") is fine. If you're in the new maintainer queue, you need to indicate who your sponsor is. == Maintenance == Alioth has 3 administrators : * Wichert Akkerman * Roland Mas * Raphael Hertzog They can all approve projects and create SVN/Arch repository but only Wichert and Roland have root rights on the machine to fix other problems. They can be contacted via admin@alioth.debian.org. If you encounter a problem with alioth, you can [http://alioth.debian.org/tracker/?func=add&group_id=1&atid=200001 file a support request] on the [http://alioth.debian.org/projects/siteadmin/ siteadmin project]. Sometimes, when you need to prod an administrator to do something, you can join #alioth on irc.oftc.net ... they may help you. == Technical details == The machine hosting alioth is haydn.debian.org. The machine costa.debian.org hosts [http://svn.debian.org svn.debian.org] and [http://arch.debian.org arch.debian.org] but it's tightly related to Alioth since all the user accounts and the groups are taken from Alioth (the synchronization is done regularly but not in real-time, so granting access to a new contributor is not immediate!). This means that you can only request subversion/arch repositories for existing alioth projects and that any member of that project will have access to the corresponding public repository. The creation of a new repository requires an admin to execute '''/org/svn.debian.org/newrepo <project-name>''' (or '''/org/arch.debian.org/newrepo <project-name>''') on costa.debian.org. This tends to be done by batch, that's why we require you to [http://alioth.debian.org/tracker/?func=add&group_id=1&atid=200001 file a specific support request] when you need a repository. Alioth uses a modified version of Gforge. You can find the actual sources in alioth.debian.org:~lolando/gforge+alioth/. Go there and run '''cvs diff -u''' to see the Alioth specific changes. Feel free to send us patches that apply to this tree if you want to get something fixed in a more timely fashion. We may create a public (git) repository one day. == How can I help? == We tend to have a [http://alioth.debian.org/tracker/?atid=200001&group_id=1&func=browse big number of support requests], please help us deal with those. Sometimes it requires a change to Gforge, sometimes it requires only explanations to the submitter, you'll surely find something to do over there. == Interesting links == * [["AliothSVN"]] == Wiki Tip == |
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What is Alioth?
[http://alioth.debian.org Alioth.debian.org] is a Debian server running [["GForge"] http://gforge.org/]. It's much like sourceforge or savannah but it's a service for Debian Developers.
Policy
Anyone can [http://alioth.debian.org/register/ ask for a new project] on Alioth but it will only be approved if it respects the [http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2003/03/msg00024.html project approval policy]. Any free software project where a Debian Developer is involved is fine. Any packaging project (whose name MUST start with "pkg-") is fine. If you're in the new maintainer queue, you need to indicate who your sponsor is.
Maintenance
Alioth has 3 administrators :
- Wichert Akkerman
- Roland Mas
- Raphael Hertzog
They can all approve projects and create SVN/Arch repository but only Wichert and Roland have root rights on the machine to fix other problems.
They can be contacted via admin@alioth.debian.org. If you encounter a problem with alioth, you can [http://alioth.debian.org/tracker/?func=add&group_id=1&atid=200001 file a support request] on the [http://alioth.debian.org/projects/siteadmin/ siteadmin project]. Sometimes, when you need to prod an administrator to do something, you can join #alioth on irc.oftc.net ... they may help you.
Technical details
The machine hosting alioth is haydn.debian.org. The machine costa.debian.org hosts [http://svn.debian.org svn.debian.org] and [http://arch.debian.org arch.debian.org] but it's tightly related to Alioth since all the user accounts and the groups are taken from Alioth (the synchronization is done regularly but not in real-time, so granting access to a new contributor is not immediate!). This means that you can only request subversion/arch repositories for existing alioth projects and that any member of that project will have access to the corresponding public repository.
The creation of a new repository requires an admin to execute /org/svn.debian.org/newrepo <project-name> (or /org/arch.debian.org/newrepo <project-name>) on costa.debian.org. This tends to be done by batch, that's why we require you to [http://alioth.debian.org/tracker/?func=add&group_id=1&atid=200001 file a specific support request] when you need a repository.
Alioth uses a modified version of Gforge. You can find the actual sources in alioth.debian.org:~lolando/gforge+alioth/. Go there and run cvs diff -u to see the Alioth specific changes. Feel free to send us patches that apply to this tree if you want to get something fixed in a more timely fashion. We may create a public (git) repository one day.
How can I help?
We tend to have a [http://alioth.debian.org/tracker/?atid=200001&group_id=1&func=browse big number of support requests], please help us deal with those. Sometimes it requires a change to Gforge, sometimes it requires only explanations to the submitter, you'll surely find something to do over there.
Interesting links
?"AliothSVN"
Wiki Tip
To link to an Alioth project, use
{alioth:projectname}
and you'll an automatic link will be created.