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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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[["AliothSVN"]]

----
AliothProject AliothListPage
and you'll an automatic link will be created.

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.

  • ?"AliothSVN"

Wiki Tip

To link to an Alioth project, use

 {alioth:projectname}

and you'll an automatic link will be created.