[Geany] Some notes on Geanys project management

[Enrico Tröger]

On Tue, 4 Mar 2008 14:32:31 +0100, Joerg Desch <jd.vvd at web.de> wrote:

> On Tue, 4 Mar 2008 14:00:18 +0100
> Enrico Tröger <enrico.troeger at uvena.de> wrote:
> 
> > > Yes, that's right. But CVS is easy to install, even on old server
> > > hardware. SVN needs Apache2 and WebDAV and Bazaar is written in
> > > Python.
> > That isn't true. Subversion does NOT need Apache and webdav. You can
> > run it also via SSH (svn+ssh://...) or directly via svnserve
> > (svn://...).
> 
> Ok, that's a new info for me. I only use the client from time to time.
> I've tried to install a svn server and the only thing I could find (a few
> years ago) was something like this (debian package):
> 
> libapache2-svn - Subversion server modules for Apache
> 
> I think I'll give it a try on my server at home....
If you can use SSH you don't need a subversion at all because you can
tunnel the svn commands through a SSH connection (svn+ssh). I think
Frank can explain it in more detail since he used it already this way.
And of course, you can use svnserve with (x)inetd or as standalone
server. Have a look at the svnbook, it's all explained there. Can be
found with your favourite search engine ;-).

> > So, the easiest solution would be to setup pubkey authentication which
> > is more secure and much more convenient (no password typing at all).
> 
> You are the second one you told me that. ssh-agent is already running, so
> I only have to read the manual how to add my key.
Hehe.
One could interpret the missing password entry box in the plugin as a
feature which should encourage users to use pubkey authentication ;-).

> > Alternatively, what do you think about the idea of shortened labels
> > suggested by Jeff. I would prefer this over icons because it would work
> > always. Icons tend to be installed in the wrong place, conflict with
> > the user's icon theme or whatever ;-).
> 
> That's your decision. I would prefer icons with hover text, but shortened
> labels are OK. Is there a way to cut off the strings depending on the
I'm not sure. Maybe we can do some tricks with gtk_label_set_ellipsize
() which cuts text by some criteria and add "...". It's just my first
thought without any verification ;-).

> space needed? I think the mentioned "single character" labels are to
> hard....
Yes, single characters can be ambiguous.

Regards,
Enrico

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