brett+roundcubeforum.net wrote:
I'm not advocating a move to a different server/system, just giving thoughts. While a move would possibly benefit us, what are some possible work arounds? Would we be able to create a read only CVS account that we could use instead? Is that possible?
yes, but SF doesn't allow that by policy afaik.
alternatively, one could upload cvs snapshots on a regular basis to the file area.
Apart from people cheering in the audience, nothing was heard from someone who actually has an up2date working copy. I guess they don't want any people testing new roundcube features anymore.
That's a fairly harsh statement.
I did that on purpose - I know they want testers but there is an issue that *they* need to fix (either SF or roundcube committers). Unless an action is taken, nobody is able to test new code, and this hurts *RC* more than me (or any tester).
the point I'm trying to make is that while I get the idea that the problem is acknowledged, nobody is trying to solve it. The only thing *I* can do is remind people and provide alternative solutions (which I can).
They do want testers, but it's out of their hands with SF running the CVS. Yes, we could change, but I'm sure Thomas doesn't have the time to devote to changing everything over from CVS to SVN or from one server to the next. I don't know how much time goes into it, but it can't be easy.
I have personally done this for 2 major projects (the entire Xfce project - over 20000 commits in 25 different trees, and I still maintain all project access and administrate it). While it takes some time, I could probably convert roundcube's CVS tree into a workable SVN repository in 20 minutes. I'm willing to do that (and maintain). But I need (developer) CVS access for this, or even better, a full CVS repository backup tarball (which SF is supposed to export for you on request through some system, so developers: go export me a repo backup tarball and post it online and I'll convert it as a test for you all).
Cheers,
Auke