Subj : Re: Free CVS/SVN online repos?
To   : websnarf
From : Matthias Kaeppler
Date : Wed Jul 13 2005 08:47 am

websnarf@gmail.com wrote:
> Sourceforge offers CVS serving.  Its not exactly free though -- you
> have to be hosting a project that's tied to some open source license.
> Usually it doesn't matter, but it does for some people.
> 

I see that you also have a project hosted on sourceforge.
I have a couple of more questions, if you don't mind.

First, let's assume sourceforge grants me to host my project (as I heard 
from other people it doesn't do that with every project!).
Although I want the program to be open source, I want--at least in the 
early stages of development--work on the application alone, to form it 
after my own desires. Is it possible that I make the CVS repo on 
sourceforge read-accessible to the public, but commits can only be made 
by me? And is this okay with sourceforge at all, or do they want me to 
write-open the code for everyone?

That may sound a bit weird, but the point is:
I'm not developing this filemenager because I think there wouldn't be 
enough already. I'm developing it, because I'm not happy with any of 
those available for Linux. That's why I got started in the first place, 
and that's also why I want to design this app to resemble my personal 
ideas of how a good filemanger should look and feel like. Otherwise, 
this project would be pointless.

Thanks for your time.

PS: If I had the choice, I'd rather have an SVN repository. Do you know 
of any projects like SourceForge which offer Subversion repos instead? 
But of course, I'm not greedy, I happily take what I can get and CVS is 
also just fine :)

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Matthias Kaeppler

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