I'm looking for an open source forge that we can host in our lab for some private projetcs. Our favorite DVCS is bzr so this forge must support bzr repositories.
While Launchpad is open source, this forge does not seem to be admin-friendly for hosting a private clone (no support, no migration script for database schema modifications, etc).
Are you aware of any good alternative ?
Thanks !
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We are now using git for our projects, and rhodecode to manage central repositories.
You can use Redmine or Trac (required trac-bzr plugin) installations to host your private projects.
Where I work they started to use Gforge AS a couple of years ago. Since I love Bazaar I made a bzr plugin for gforge. It was not 100% complete but was functional enough to use - it is still in use where I work.
On looking this up for you, I saw Fusion Forge which might be easier to get going, it is a fork of the free Gforge with built in support for bazaar.
There is a new one: sloecode. It is still a rather young project. Several plugins are still missing, like a bug tracker and a wiki, but those features are planned. It's worth looking at it for small private branches.
http://how-bazaar.blogspot.com/2011/03/announcing-sloecode.html
https://launchpad.net/sloecode
Savannah uses many VC systems, including Bazaar. I'm not sure what you mean by "admin-friendly" but it's been quite friendly to me. I also have a project on Launchpad.
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We've recently had several hacks on our one server. We've been advised to upgrade all scripts. The problem is, the Drupal installations. Upgrading these are a massive task. I would like to know, out of fellow Drupal users, in your experience, how unsafe is it to remain on a say version 6.10 as apposed to upgrading 6.28 (the latest)? Is there a point at which you can say: this is really too old now and an upgrade is absolutely necessary?
I'm not too worried about the modules, my concern is the Core Drupal installation. Does it ever become a security risk, or can you stay on the older versions?
"Upgrading these are a massive task"
Not necessarily! I find using git a pretty safe way to deal with such upgrades.
My basic workflow is usually to:
- create a repository with the current Drupal version.
- download the latest core version
- rsync the current version with the latest core version
- update the repository
As expected, I do all of the above on my local version, after checking that everything is working fine. I update the remote repository, then update the actual live site from git.
If you're not familiar with git, basic tutorials are easy to find online. The idea here is not to explain the process in details, rather to send you in the right direction. You will find that it's a pretty flexible workflow, a great way to update modules and generally any type of code.
I am going to give amazon EC2 a try by moving my drupal site to it. At present the site is on a VPS running Ubuntu 10.04 and served through nginx+fastcgi.
Regarding that there are literally thousends of Amazon Machine Images (AMI) , I am wondering which suits the best for my need? After a brief research I found a pretty good general tutorial here, however a bit dated, that suggests RightScale. Also chapterthree offers a customized image, but I am not sure what is the best solution.
The AMI's are kinda outdated now, but if you follow these instructions from the pantheon group on g.d.o using one of the Alestic Ubuntu 10.4 ami's as a base you should be fine to roll your own.
If you are still looking for a Drupal AMI, you may want to check out the ones at BitNami. We keep them up-to-date, and they are eligible for Amazon's free tier.
You might want to check out https://www.getpantheon.com/. They are still in beta however.
if you search for pantheon or mercury in the public AMI's, you'll find the 1.0 and 1.1 beta. it should install the stack for you. I did it today and it seems really fast (although it still may be buggy because it's in beta). It's also a little daunting to have to do so much via command line (for me).
Does anyone know of a good patching program that is free? You know, one that can take a directory with your old program in it and compare it to a directory with your new version, and spit out a patch that is only the difference between the two?
Also, I am looking for something that can patch the entire directory, not just one exe.
EDIT:
Thanks for the answers, but I am looking for an end user patch for product updates. Nothing to do with the source.
There is Binary patch and diff, which is free, Windows port available.
I've never used this but it is free. It might be worth a try:
Patch Maker 1.2.
A list of tools here reveals a few marked as "free".
Dispatcher: will use an updater GUI as well. They have a quick demo video on their site.
The best tool I've seen for this purpose is Visual Patch 3.5 . It provides the same functionality that you've mentioned. Although it needs to be purchased since it's not free software.
If you are using Subversion, SmartSVN can create a patch for directories (recursive and all) for the files changed since the last commit. I understand this is only a partial answer and it's not CLI, but it's a really good tool if you deal with an SVN repo here.
SmartSVN patch http://cdn.beerpla.net.lg1x3.simplecdn.net/for_www/screenshots/smartsvn-patch.gif
I'm a newbie developers and building an application with 3 other remote developers. I've only worked alone until now, and now I need a way to share my source code with the other developers on the project. All of the project sites out there (SourceForge, Codeplex, Google, etc) seem to be aimed at Open Source development I'm not interested in making our code available to the world, I'm just looking for a method of sharing the code among the four of us. What is the best known method...or how is this usually accomplished?
Set up a Subversion repository (can be accessed across http).
There is an excellent online free book detailing pretty much everything you need to know about Version Control with Subversion
Yep, you need a version control repository which is remotely accessible. Subversion is excellent and very widely used; Git is another good option.
You could set up your own repository - you'll need a server which all devs can access via ssh, or via Apache/WebDAV - or use a hosted service, like Beanstalk, Project Locker, Unfuddle, SVNsite, etc.
http://beanstalkapp.com/
Set up a Subvserion repository (http://subversion.tigris.org/). You can control who may view your data through accounts, plus it gives you document versioning. When paired with a Http server, you can even view the source directly in a browser.
Subversion has all sorts of plugins for Eclipse and even Visual Studio, I believe. Tortise SVN is a stand-alone SVN client you may like, although I recommend an IDE-integrated plugin.
Subversion also goes well with a continuous integration server, such as Continuum.
Hosted: http://wush.net is another Subversion hosting platform.
Or, if you can host your own server, check out the VERY easy to use and VERY free VisualSVN Server: http://www.visualsvn.com/server/
You don't say what computing resources you have available, but the easy choice is to use a central server with say SVN to which you all have ssh access using a public key. You can probably rent such a service for around $10 per month.
If you don't like central servers, you can try Mercurial or git and ssh back and forth between your personal development machines.
If ssh is problematic, git actually enables you to send patches to each other by email (probably Mercurial does too). Ben Lynn's Git Magic tutorial explains.
You can use an online source control (like SVN or Git), and share it only with your team members. You should look into Unfuddle, it's a free source control/project hosting, complete with bug tracking system. I use it for my personal projects and it's awesome.
I think the best solution is Subversion. Subversion is a free source control system that is ideal for your requirement.
You can use many other support tools like Tortoise SVN to make the things more easier.
Here is one of the cheat sheets that describes commands of SVN.
Most of the Web hosting providers support easy one click installation of SVN on their servers. ex : Dreamhost So you can get a setup done very easily.
CVS is another Source control system that are used widely but I haven't seen any providers that support easy installation of CVS but there should be. You can have support tools for CVS such as Tortoise CVS as well.
I don't think you are interested in visual source safe (Microsoft Proprietary and not over Web) so I am not going to add information about it here. :)
You need to set up a source control repository. It's a pretty big topic, I'm really not sure where the best place to start reading about it would be. I'm sure the Wikipedia article on Revision Control will at least give you a bit of an overview.
This seems like a decent introductory series as well: Source Control HOWTO
Subversion works just fine over http/https. It is an open source project, but you can use it for whatever purposes you want.
http://subversion.tigris.org/
Most modern source control systems work well. Subversion is a common one. Which operating system will the developers be running?
If you just want to get up and running quickly with something, check out a hosted subversion system like www.beanstalk.com or www.unfuddle.com.
Subversion is open source, and I know you don't need it, but there are a lot of options here. If on Windows, check out Tortoise SVN. If on a Mac and you don't want a command line client, check out Versions.
You can actually setup google code to only allow viewing/editing by registered members. And I don't think they force any licenses either.
We currently use VSS but are in the process of migrating everything over to Source Gear Vault because VSS makes jumping out of our third story windows a common thought...
Here is a free solution with premium options available... https://freepository.com I have not tried this one.
Try github. It will cost you $12/month though.
Just use devunity.com. upload your code via zip or import it from svn and thats it. lets you collaborate around code instantly.
I need to install amp on a windows2003 production server. I'd like, if possible, an integrated install/management tool so I don't have to install/integrate the components of amp separately. Those that I've found are 'development' servers. Are there any packages out there that install amp in a production ready (locked down state)?
I'm aware of LAMP... Windows, since we have IIS apps already and we've paid for this box, is a requirement. I'll take care of all the other hangups. I just want a simple way to install, integrate, and manage AMP.
I'm not sure running WAMP as a production server is a good idea. I use wamp to stage proyects and then I move them to a Linux server.
You can try any of this solutions:
http://www.uniformserver.com/
Some people state that they are working fine with WAMP Server, but again, I wouldn't recommend it.
Xampp is quite popular, i just don't know how "production level" it is:
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html
Without wanting to sound elite: For "real" production Environments, it's possibly not a bad idea to setup and configure the components individually, but this requires some deeper knowledge than "hit setup and run".
There doesn't appear to be any all-in one packages that are up to date and 'designed' for production. You just can't trust the default installs to be secure on whats out there.
I ended up just doing this manually. It wasn't painful though. Each component's install procedure was documented reasonably well. Took me about 3.5hrs. A nice side effect of the involved setup was that it gave me a much better understanding of each component's dependencies and the ways in which they touch. In hind sight I should have done it manually from the start.
Note: make sure you read the comments below each component's documentation pages. Some contain valuable corrections to the install process.
Since the time this question was asked Zend has released Zend Server.
Zend Server is a complete,
enterprise-ready Web Application
Server for running and managing PHP
applications that require a high level
of reliability, performance and
security.
There doesn't appear to be any all-in one packages that are up to date and 'designed' for production. You just can't trust the default installs to be secure on whats out there.
WampDeveloper Pro is a commercial WAMP package that is specifically designed for production use (which I use).
I don't think that when this question was asked there was a viable solution for the above.