Subj : Re: Free CVS/SVN online repos?
To   : comp.programming
From : websnarf
Date : Wed Jul 13 2005 01:41 am



Matthias Kaeppler wrote:
> 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?

That is, in fact, how it is always set up.  If you want to let other
people modify your project, you have to add them as a "developer" to
the project.

> 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.

You mean, you have an itch that you need scratching?

> [...] 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?

No.  SVN is a lot newer, and not nearly as stable as CVS.

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