Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] Helping Savannah

[Sylvain Beucler]

Hi,

Savane doesn't work under windows and probably never will!
You need a working GNU/Linux environment to work on it.

pings work fine here, and I didn't notice a network interruption, so
maybe your ISP is blocking pings.

Check this page:
http://savannah.gnu.org/maintenance/UsingGit
for more information about getting started with Git.

You'll see there's a CVS-style access, though it would be better if
you used Git directly.

Cheers,

-- 
Sylvain

On Tue, Jun 03, 2008 at 03:56:32AM -0400, address@hidden wrote:
> Hi,
>       I have installed git 1.5.5 from
> http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/ and try to run the command on git bash
> shell. But failed to checkout the source code.
> 
> address@hidden /c/shekharturha/savane
> $ git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/savane-cleanup.git
> Initialized empty Git repository in
> c:/shekharturha/savane/savane-cleanup/.git/
> git.sv.gnu.org[0: 199.232.41.69]: errno=No such file or directory
> fatal: unable to connect a socket (No such file or directory)
> fetch-pack from 'git://git.sv.gnu.org/savane-cleanup.git' failed.
> 
> I guess could this be the reason..
> 
> $ ping git.sv.gnu.org
> 
> Pinging git.savannah.gnu.org [199.232.41.69] with 32 bytes of data:
> 
> Request timed out.
> Request timed out.
> Request timed out.
> Request timed out.
> 
> Ping statistics for 199.232.41.69:
>     Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),
> 
> 
> Alternative, I was just thinking if it is possible to checkout source
> code from CVS?
> 
> Thanks,
> Shekhar
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sylvain Beucler [mailto:address@hidden 
> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 11:14 PM
> To: Turha, Chandra
> Cc: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] Helping Savannah
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 04:45:32AM -0400, address@hidden wrote:
> > Sorry for the late response as I was on vacation. To start with, I
> would
> > suggests let me take up fixing some minor bugs in PHP, as I haven't
> work
> > on PHP, but I guess it must be similar to PERL. Also this will give me
> > the feel of how complex is the code.
> > 
> > Please let me know your opinion. 
> 
> This sounds good :)
> 
> > If you are fine with this then can I have access to the source code.
> > Just to let you know that I have noticed that on the page of bug
> > description I see a link "Source Code". Is this the location of the
> > source code for that particular bugs.
> 
> I am not sure which page you are refering to.
> 
> http://savannah.gnu.org/maintenance/SavaneTasks
> describes where the source code is, at 
> http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=savane-cleanup.git;a=summary
> http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/savane-cleanup
> 
> Also, on all Savannah pages, there is a small link "source code" which
> is a link to the current file in the Git source code repository above.
> 
> So if you want the source code, just type:
> git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/savane-cleanup.git
> 
> -- 
> Sylvain
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Sylvain Beucler [mailto:address@hidden 
> > Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 5:42 PM
> > To: Turha, Chandra
> > Cc: address@hidden
> > Subject: Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] Helping Savannah
> > 
> > > Hi,
> > >   This is Chandra Shekhar from Bangalore EMC data storage. I
> > > happen to read about you here http://www.fsf.org/ and came to know
> > about
> > > current GNU project where the work is going on. Then I came to know
> > > about savannah where the free GNU software are hosted. 
> > > 
> > > It seems that there some work needs to be done for this site -
> > > 
> > > - Help improve Savannah <http://savannah.gnu.org> . We are looking
> for
> > > technical volunteers to help handle pending project submissions,
> > improve
> > > older PHP code, work on the Perl backend, and help with various
> > > anti-spam systems. If you can help with any of these items, please
> > email
> > > us at <address@hidden> <mailto:address@hidden> . Improving
> > > Savannah will make development easier for the nearly 3,000 free
> > software
> > > projects hosted there.
> > > Could you please let me know more in details as to what is the
> > > requirements?
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > > Shekhar.
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > We setup a list of tasks where help is needed:
> > http://savannah.gnu.org/maintenance/SavaneTasks
> > 
> > Can you have a look at it and tell us what you are interested in?
> > 
> > The requirements are essentially good programming skills and a some
> > system administration background (depending on the tasks).