[Python-Dev] New canonical location for PEPs (original) (raw)

Stephen J. Turnbull stephen@xemacs.org
04 Apr 2002 10:10:16 +0900

"Sean" == Sean Reifschneider <jafo-python-dev@tummy.com> writes:

Sean> There is some reasonable mechanism for [automatically
Sean> pushing content from CVS to the Web], as it *IS* done in
Sean> some places.

I know XEmacs's is not perfect, but I'm fairly sure host config changes at SourceForge and SunSITE.de have been responsible for most of the attention the webmaster has paid to the auto-update mechanism over the last two years. Attention has been paid to the lock issue, but I don't recall the resolution.

We currently keep the website content in CVS at SunSITE.de. A CVS commit to the website module triggers updates of the SourceForge, Tux, and SunSITE "primary" homepages, typically taking 10-15 seconds to propagate to all three sites, including a "genpage" run.

Adrian Aichner <adrian@xemacs.org> is the guy to talk to about the website experience (eg, admin resources consumed since original setup). I believe Martin Buchholz <martin@xemacs.org> designed the mechanism and did the original implementation. Karl Hegbloom <karlheg@debian.org> adapted it for a project he works on, and was the one who brought up the lock issue most recently. You may be able to browse the implementation in CVSROOT at cvs.xemacs.org. If not, I'm sure Adrian would be willing to show it to you.

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