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GNU Arch

Item posted by Michael J. Flickinger <mjflick> on Thu 08 Dec 2005 05:44:51 PM UTC.

Wait no longer, support for GNU Arch is finally here!
We currently are supporting GNU Arch via sftp with support for email commit notifications.

Currently, GNU Arch services are by request only, please request an Arch repository in a support request.

For more information, see http://arch.sv.gnu.org/

Arch is now mirrored at sv.gnu.org (posted by Andy Tai, Tue 03 Jan 2006 07:13:00 PM UTC)

The sources for GNU Arch itself is now available on the following Arch repository here at savannah:

http://arch.sv.gnu.org/archives/gnu-arch/atai@atai.org--public/

release candidates for the next version are available at

http://www.atai.org/gnuarch/prereleases/

Thanks very much! (posted by Christian Mauduit, Mon 12 Dec 2005 11:44:32 PM UTC)

With the help of Michael, I was able to set up Arch depots for all my Savannah projects. Works perfectly, thanks!

Christian.

Excellent! (posted by Paul D. Smith, Fri 09 Dec 2005 07:48:00 PM UTC)

Can we get a few more details? I have an existing CVS archive. I would like to (a) keep my CVS and also have an arch repository, for testing purposes, before I switch over, and (b) import all my CVS history into the arch repository.

Also, is arch the only tool that will be supported through this model, or will any tool that can use sftp be acceptable? Is it just that arch is the only one that will be/is currently integrated with the Savannah web interface?

My concern is that I have a lot of Windows users and Arch (at least 1.x--I assume you're using 1.x?) is not sufficiently friendly for Windows users.

RE: Excellent! (posted by Sylvain Beucler, Sun 11 Dec 2005 07:48:57 PM UTC)

You can keep both CVS and GNU Arch at once.
We haven't work yet on documentating the migration from the former to the latter; you need to do it yourself for now (maybe check http://wiki.gnuarch.org/Interoperating_20with_20CVS).

Only GNU Arch 1.x is supported; we use a dedicated sftp patch from Michael so that project members cannot change the history of your source. This is not a Savane limitation.

Encourage people to use GNU/Linux instead of MS Woe! Or you can direct them to your tarball releases. Or you can work on the MS Woe support for GNU Arch :)

RE: Excellent! (posted by Paul D. Smith, Sun 11 Dec 2005 09:34:04 PM UTC)

I don't myself support Windows, but a large number of people using Windows rely on the GNU toolchain (including GNU make, which I maintain). Since I don't myself have any Windows systems I need to at least ensure that those volunteers have a reasonable way to work on the code. I will discuss the situation with them; I hope that the Savannah project is continuing to investigate supporting alternative SCM tools which provide better portability.

BTW, I'd be very interesting in learning about what it took and what design decisions you made to support Arch on Savannah. Congratulations on achieving that goal!

Thanks!

RE: Excellent! (posted by Sylvain Beucler, Mon 12 Dec 2005 10:10:29 PM UTC)

Michael told me he would release more information as soon as he's 200% sure about the security of the setup :)