Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] Allowing git repos to automatically push to gnu.org/software/$PROJECT

[Ian Kelling]

Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> writes:

>     Ok, seems like we should setup a development instance of Savane, at
>     least the relevant parts. Does that sound right?
>
> FWIW, I found it impossible in practice to set up a usable development
> instance of Savannah (or Savane). Thus, when I wanted to do experiments
> like this, I merely copied the php file in the live directory (on
> frontend) to a different name (e.g., editgroupkarl.php) and then worked
> on that.
>
> Otherwise I could have spent my whole life trying to get the development
> savannah working, and never made any progress on the actual
> problem. Adding in the FSF connection (precisely one of the places where
> "Savane" and "Savannah" differ, BTW, as I understood it) and it sounds
> even more problematic to get a development instance working.
>
> On the other hand, if you want to try, Assaf (Gordon) put a lot of
> effort into setting up a development instance, and (afaik) it did work
> for him. He documented his process here:
> https://savannah.gnu.org/maintenance/FrontEndDevelopmentSite
>
> Happy hacking,
> Karl

Thanks. I'm going to create a user daniel-k on the savannah machines so
daniel can setup development copies of things based on that link.