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Subject: Re: [Apache Bloodhound] #89: remote svn repository support
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Yes, particularly if https://issues.apache.org/bloodhound/ticket/94 
results in us clearly showing the relevant information.

Cheers,
     Gary


On 05/31/2012 05:13 PM, Joachim Dreimann wrote:
> I would say these extra hooks aren't something essential for the initial
> release. The remote repository access (that the ticket is about) is also
> likely to be a high priority v2 problem, because the application works well
> in many common use cases without it.
>
> - Joe
>
> On 31 May 2012 17:02, Gary Martin<gary.martin@wandisco.com>  wrote:
>
>> Olemis,
>>
>> Do you mean post-commit hooks other than anything required to keep trac
>> informed of repository changes?
>>
>> I am wary of using commit messages to automate ticket changes, be that
>> comments or status changes. I think this needs some thinking through to see
>> if it is the best solution to automatic association of commits with
>> tickets. It should be noted that we should expect to already have a view of
>> commits against a ticket listed in the activity area.
>>
>> I am considering other options but I think what we do will have to make
>> sense in the context of the redesigned ticket view (
>> https://svn.apache.org/repos/**asf/incubator/bloodhound/**
>> trunk/doc/html-templates/**ticket.html<https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/bloodhound/trunk/doc/html-templates/ticket.html>
>> )
>>
>> Cheers,
>>     Gary
>>
>>
>>
>> On 05/26/2012 02:37 AM, Olemis Lang wrote:
>>
>>> I second that Gary . This is a killer feature ...
>>>
>>> If you decide to enhace the plugin and if I can do something about it
>>> ... you can count on me . Nonetheless preliminary enlightening from
>>> svn experts would be very appreciated .
>>> ;)
>>>
>>> Another subject is how to make svn hooks work from remote . I mean
>>> once changeset with message "We did what we did . Close #1234" is
>>> committed then trigger hook @ Apache svn server to close ticket #1234
>>> with context&   description . Once upon a time I should have started
>>>
>>> something like this when trying to implement something similar to
>>> Bitbucket , Google Code , Github ... web hooks (they have different
>>> falvours in each case ... but essentially the same ;) . There's a
>>> relatively recent discussion about this subject @ trac-users ML .
>>>
>>> Anyways ... +1 for moving forward with this
>>> ;)
>>>
>>> On 5/25/12, Gary<gary.martin@wandisco.com>   wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I think that this is a high priority issue from the point of view of
>>>> working with the https://issues.apache.org/**bloodhound<https://issues.apache.org/bloodhound>site.
>>>>
>>>> Perhaps someone with superior subversion knowledge to me would like to
>>>> consider whether a local copy of the repository is actually feasible or
>>>> if there are any other obvious solutions. Otherwise, it looks like we
>>>> will need to look at getting a plugin working to do the job.
>>>>
>>>> Any advice on any aspect of this ticket would be extremely useful.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>       Gary
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 05/25/2012 11:10 AM, Apache Bloodhound wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> #89: remote svn repository support
>>>>> -------------------------+----**----------------
>>>>>    Reporter:  gjm          |      Owner:  nobody
>>>>>        Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
>>>>>    Priority:  major        |  Milestone:
>>>>> Component:  siteadmin    |    Version:
>>>>>    Keywords:               |
>>>>> -------------------------+----**----------------
>>>>>    Trac effectively only supports a subversion repositories that are on
>>>>> the
>>>>>    same server as the trac instance. More information about why this is
>>>>> and
>>>>>    ways to get around this are discussed in
>>>>>    http://trac.edgewall.org/**ticket/493<http://trac.edgewall.org/ticket/493>
>>>>>
>>>>>    While using the svnsync solution may suit some systems, I am not sure
>>>>> if
>>>>>    this would be feasible for https://issues.apache.org/**bloodhound<https://issues.apache.org/bloodhound>as I
>>>>>    believe it would take a significant amount of time to perform the
>>>>> initial
>>>>>    sync (unless anyone knows better of course.)
>>>>>
>>>>>    It appears that the alternative plugin approach
>>>>>    http://www.meadowy.org/~gotoh/**hg/remote-svn-plugin/<http://www.meadowy.org/~gotoh/hg/remote-svn-plugin/>has not seen any
>>>>>    updates in a while and I don't think it will work with the various
>>>>> trac
>>>>>    api changes over the years.
>>>>>
>>>>>    I suspect that this feature would be useful to others and so if it can
>>>>> be
>>>>>    solved, it is also likely to become a part of the Apache Bloodhound
>>>>>    distribution.
>>>>>
>>>>>