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Using Subversion

2006-01-31T06:58:47Z

Aeruder: adding link to the ssh connection caching

== Setting up Subversion for Developer Use ==

The first thing you will want to do is setup the ssh access to svn.gna.org. If you cannot type

svn list svn+ssh://svn.gna.org/svn/gnustep/devmodules

without having to type a password or in some way change the above command, you will need to visit the [[Svn SSH Setup]] page (this includes if you have to specify a different user).

== Some background on repository layout ==

To familiarize yourself with the layout, I would recommend looking at the [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/gnustep/ web-access to svn]
for GNUstep. You will notice that every project is in its own portion of the repository. For example:

/libs
/libs/gui
/libs/gui/trunk

/libs/gui/branches
/libs/gui/branches/dawn
/libs/gui/branches/...

/libs/gui/tags
/libs/gui/tags/alex_last_semistable
/libs/gui/tags/...

This layout is very handy for having a per-project repository. I can easily branch or tag just /libs/gui and it all stays in its own namespace. However, what this DOES mean is that you cannot simply checkout /libs/gui or you will end up with several copies of the source. To get around this, we are using a nifty feature of Subversion called externals. Externals are metadata on a directory that basically tell the svn client to checkout some other url into a subdirectory when it is checked out. So if I type:

svn proplist -v svn+ssh://svn.gna.org/svn/gnustep/devmodules/core

It will tell me that the svn:externals property contains:

gui svn+ssh://svn.gna.org/svn/gnustep/libs/gui/trunk
back svn+ssh://svn.gna.org/svn/gnustep/libs/back/trunk
base svn+ssh://svn.gna.org/svn/gnustep/libs/base/trunk
make svn+ssh://svn.gna.org/svn/gnustep/tools/make/trunk

So everytime I checkout /devmodules/core the svn client will automatically go to these URLs and check them out into subdirectories. When I make changes in gui/ and commit them, it will really commit to /libs/gui/trunk. For the most part if you checkout /devmodules, the externals have already been setup such that it will checkout something similar to checking out the whole repository before.

== Tips, Tricks, and Resources ==

* [http://svnbook.red-bean.com Version Control with Subversion]
* [http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.1/apa.html Appendix A: Subversion for CVS Users]
* [http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/SvnSetup GCC's SVN Setup page] - Look especially at the section on [http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/SSH%20connection%20caching ssh connection caching].
* [[Subversion_Migration]] - Some initial notes on the layout of the repository.
* [http://www.aeruder.net/software/misc/softwarelist.html ZSH svn tab completion] - On this page is a tab completion module that can tab complete into subversion repositories. Very handy for ZSH users.

Project Development

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GNUstep project, as many open-source software (OSS) is being developed by many developers from all around the world. The project uses various tools for supporting the development.

== [https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnustep/ Main project development page] ==

Contains:

* '''[https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=gnustep Bug tracking]'''
* [https://savannah.gnu.org/mail/?group=gnustep Mailing Lists]
* [https://savannah.gnu.org/cvs/?group=gnustep CVS information]
* [http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/gnustep/ Browse CVS Repository]
* [https://savannah.gnu.org/patch/?group=gnustep Patches]

* [https://savannah.gnu.org/support/?group=gnustep Support request tracking] ''(not used)''
* [https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?group=gnustep News] ''(not used)''
* Tasks ''(not used)''

== Mailing Lists ==

You can sign up with the following mailing lists to ask questions and get answers. Recently GNUstep Mailing Lists are being archived into a searchable [http://www.nabble.com/GNUstep-f1880.html GNUstep Forum] by [http://www.nabble.com Nabble]. You can cross browse or search GNUstep discussions there. You can also post questions there which will get forwarded to the corresponding mailing list.

* [http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnustep discuss-gnustep@gnu.org]
;: For all discussions and questions. We also would like to hear about ideas for the applications for the GNUstep environment and related issues.

* [http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnustep info-gnustep@gnu.org]
;: For info and announcements related to GNUstep libraries and applications.

* [http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnustep help-gnustep@gnu.org]
;: For help with GNUstep libraries and applications. This list is rarely read, so it is better to use discuss-gnustep.

* [http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnustep bug-gnustep@gnu.org]
;: A mailing list for submitting bug reports and patches.

* [http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/apps-gnustep apps-gnustep@gnu.org]
;: For discussion related specifically to GNUstep applications.

* [http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnustep-dev GNUstep developers list]
;: This mailing list has been established to keep the noise low when it comes to core topics and generally boring discussion about technical aspects of GNUstep.

* [http://d2dc.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/desktop Desktop]
;:Discussion for a GNUstep-based desktop project

* DGS developers list
;: This mailing list has been established to keep the noise low when it comes to DGS topics. To subscribe you have to contact The GNUstep Maintainers directly [mailto:gnustep-maintainers@gnu.org]

== IRC Channel ==

You can talk to some (not all use IRC) GNUstep developers on IRC:

'''Server''': irc.freenode.net or ''irc.gnu.org'' or ''irc.debian.org'' - all are the same network

'''Channel''': #gnustep

Configure your IRC client and join the channel: <tt>/join #GNUstep</tt>

Examples of IRC clients you can use: [http://www.xchat.org/ xchat] (UNICES and Windows), [http://gaim.sourceforge.net gaim] (UNICES and Windows), [http://www.mirc.com/ mirc] (Windows) or [http://www.aeruder.net/talksoup/ TalkSoup] on GNUstep's [http://livecd.gnustep.org/ LiveCD for Intel].

== News Groups ==

http://www.gmane.org carries the GNUstep mailinglists by NNTP

* comp.lang.objective-c* : The Objective-C language and environment.
* gnu.gnustep.announce* : Info and announcements (Moderated)
* gnu.gnustep.bug* : Bug reports for gnustep.
* gnu.gnustep.discuss* : Discussion of gnustep.
* gnu.gnustep.help* : Requests for help with gnustep.

[[Category:Project procedures]]

Main Page

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| '''GNUstep''' is a [[Portability|cross-platform]], object-oriented set of [[Frameworks|frameworks]] for desktop application [[Development tools|development]]. The set of frameworks, based on [[OpenStep]] (now [[Cocoa]]), enables developers to rapidly build sophisticated software by employing a large library of reusable software components. GNUstep is already used [[GNUstep in production|in production]] environments at several organizations.
|}

__NOTOC__

== About GNUstep ==

'''[http://www.gnustep.org GNUstep home page]'''

[[Blogs]] concerning GNUstep

[[Project development|Contact and Project development]]

[[Architecture]]

[[FAQ]]

[[Application News ]]

== Users ==
[[GNUstep_Installation_Process|GNUstep Installation Process]]

[[Internationalisation]]

[[GNUstep environments]]

[[Wish list]]

[[Artworks]]

== Developers ==

[[Development Subprojects]] ([[Themability]], [[Portability]], [[Package management]], [[I18n]], ...)

[[Using Subversion]]

[[Development tools]]

[[Applications]]

[[Frameworks]]

[[Installation process]]

[[Scripting]]

[[Programming topics]] and [[Snippets]]

== [[Glossary]] ==

== About Wiki ==

[http://www.possibility.com/epowiki/Wiki.jsp?page=HowToOrganizeWiki How To Organize Wiki]

[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_development Wiki Dev Doc]

[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide User'sGuide]

[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_FAQ FAQ]

[http://wikipedia.sourceforge.net WikiPedia]

Using Subversion

2006-01-30T22:33:12Z

Aeruder: adding link to zsh tab completion module

== Setting up Subversion for Developer Use ==

The first thing you will want to do is setup the ssh access to svn.gna.org. If you cannot type

svn list svn+ssh://svn.gna.org/svn/gnustep/devmodules

without having to type a password or in some way change the above command, you will need to visit the [[Svn SSH Setup]] page (this includes if you have to specify a different user).

== Some background on repository layout ==

To familiarize yourself with the layout, I would recommend looking at the [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/gnustep/ web-access to svn]
for GNUstep. You will notice that every project is in its own portion of the repository. For example:

/libs
/libs/gui
/libs/gui/trunk

/libs/gui/branches
/libs/gui/branches/dawn
/libs/gui/branches/...

/libs/gui/tags
/libs/gui/tags/alex_last_semistable
/libs/gui/tags/...

This layout is very handy for having a per-project repository. I can easily branch or tag just /libs/gui and it all stays in its own namespace. However, what this DOES mean is that you cannot simply checkout /libs/gui or you will end up with several copies of the source. To get around this, we are using a nifty feature of Subversion called externals. Externals are metadata on a directory that basically tell the svn client to checkout some other url into a subdirectory when it is checked out. So if I type:

svn proplist -v svn+ssh://svn.gna.org/svn/gnustep/devmodules/core

It will tell me that the svn:externals property contains:

gui svn+ssh://svn.gna.org/svn/gnustep/libs/gui/trunk
back svn+ssh://svn.gna.org/svn/gnustep/libs/back/trunk
base svn+ssh://svn.gna.org/svn/gnustep/libs/base/trunk
make svn+ssh://svn.gna.org/svn/gnustep/tools/make/trunk

So everytime I checkout /devmodules/core the svn client will automatically go to these URLs and check them out into subdirectories. When I make changes in gui/ and commit them, it will really commit to /libs/gui/trunk. For the most part if you checkout /devmodules, the externals have already been setup such that it will checkout something similar to checking out the whole repository before.

== Tips, Tricks, and Resources ==

* [http://svnbook.red-bean.com Version Control with Subversion]
* [http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.1/apa.html Appendix A: Subversion for CVS Users]
* [http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/SvnSetup GCC's SVN Setup page] - Look especially at the section on ssh connection caching.
* [[Subversion_Migration]] - Some initial notes on the layout of the repository.
* [http://www.aeruder.net/software/misc/softwarelist.html ZSH svn tab completion] - On this page is a tab completion module that can tab complete into subversion repositories. Very handy for ZSH users.

Using Subversion

2006-01-30T22:07:18Z

Aeruder: adding some resources

== Setting up Subversion for Developer Use ==

The first thing you will want to do is setup the ssh access to svn.gna.org. If you cannot type

svn list svn+ssh://svn.gna.org/svn/gnustep/devmodules

without having to type a password or in some way change the above command, you will need to visit the [[Svn SSH Setup]] page (this includes if you have to specify a different user).

== Some background on repository layout ==

To familiarize yourself with the layout, I would recommend looking at the [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/gnustep/ web-access to svn]
for GNUstep. You will notice that every project is in its own portion of the repository. For example:

/libs
/libs/gui
/libs/gui/trunk

/libs/gui/branches
/libs/gui/branches/dawn
/libs/gui/branches/...

/libs/gui/tags
/libs/gui/tags/alex_last_semistable
/libs/gui/tags/...

This layout is very handy for having a per-project repository. I can easily branch or tag just /libs/gui and it all stays in its own namespace. However, what this DOES mean is that you cannot simply checkout /libs/gui or you will end up with several copies of the source. To get around this, we are using a nifty feature of Subversion called externals. Externals are metadata on a directory that basically tell the svn client to checkout some other url into a subdirectory when it is checked out. So if I type:

svn proplist -v svn+ssh://svn.gna.org/svn/gnustep/devmodules/core

It will tell me that the svn:externals property contains:

gui svn+ssh://svn.gna.org/svn/gnustep/libs/gui/trunk
back svn+ssh://svn.gna.org/svn/gnustep/libs/back/trunk
base svn+ssh://svn.gna.org/svn/gnustep/libs/base/trunk
make svn+ssh://svn.gna.org/svn/gnustep/tools/make/trunk

So everytime I checkout /devmodules/core the svn client will automatically go to these URLs and check them out into subdirectories. When I make changes in gui/ and commit them, it will really commit to /libs/gui/trunk. For the most part if you checkout /devmodules, the externals have already been setup such that it will checkout something similar to checking out the whole repository before.

== Tips, Tricks, and Resources ==

* [http://svnbook.red-bean.com Version Control with Subversion]
* [http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.1/apa.html Appendix A: Subversion for CVS Users]
* [http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/SvnSetup GCC's SVN Setup page] (especially the ssh connection caching)
* [[Subversion_Migration]] (notes on the initial migration)

Using Subversion

2006-01-30T00:17:51Z

Aeruder: notes on layout

Svn SSH Setup

2006-01-30T00:07:18Z

Aeruder:

== If you have a different username than on svn.gna.org ==

To get around this problem, you can setup per host SSH settings. To do this, open ~/.ssh/config
and at the end add the lines

Host svn.gna.org
User aeruder

This makes it so that everytime I connect to svn.gna.org with SSH, it will automatically use the username
aeruder instead of my unix username.

== If you are prompted for a private key password ==

This will look something like:

Enter passphrase for key '/home/andy/.ssh/id_dsa':

To get around this you can either setup ssh-agent to cache this password or you can simply turn off the password on your private key.
To do the latter, simply type:

ssh-keygen -t dsa -p

and follow the prompts, and when it prompts for a new passphrase, simply hit enter.

Using Subversion

2006-01-30T00:03:16Z

Aeruder:

Using Subversion

2006-01-30T00:02:53Z

Aeruder:

Using Subversion

2006-01-30T00:02:14Z

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Main Page

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Aeruder: Adding subversion page

{| style="border:1px solid black; background-color:lavender; padding:10pt;"
|+
| '''GNUstep''' is a [[Portability|cross-platform]], object-oriented set of [[Frameworks|frameworks]] for desktop application [[Development tools|development]]. The set of frameworks, based on [[OpenStep]] (now [[Cocoa]]), enables developers to rapidly build sophisticated software by employing a large library of reusable software components. GNUstep is already used [[GNUstep in production|in production]] environments at several organizations.
|}

__NOTOC__

== About GNUstep ==

'''[http://www.gnustep.org GNUstep home page]'''

[[Blogs]] concerning GNUstep

[[Project development|Contact and Project development]]

[[Architecture]]

[[FAQ]]

[[Application News ]]

== Users ==
[[GNUstep_Installation_Process|GNUstep Installation Process]]

[[Internationalisation]]

[[GNUstep environments]]

[[Wish list]]

[[Artworks]]

== Developers ==

[[Development Subprojects]] ([[Themability]], [[Portability]], [[Package management]], [[I18n]], [[Subversion Migration]], ...)

[[Using Subversion]]

[[Development tools]]

[[Applications]]

[[Frameworks]]

[[Installation process]]

[[Scripting]]

[[Programming topics]] and [[Snippets]]

== [[Glossary]] ==

== About Wiki ==

[http://www.possibility.com/epowiki/Wiki.jsp?page=HowToOrganizeWiki How To Organize Wiki]

[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_development Wiki Dev Doc]

[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide User'sGuide]

[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_FAQ FAQ]

[http://wikipedia.sourceforge.net WikiPedia]

Main Page

2005-11-21T00:58:19Z

Aeruder: /* Developers */

{| style="border:1px solid black; background-color:lavender; padding:10pt;"
|+
| '''GNUstep''' is a [[Portability|cross-platform]], object-oriented set of [[Frameworks|frameworks]] for desktop application [[Development tools|development]]. The set of frameworks, based on [[OpenStep]] (now [[Cocoa]]), enables developers to rapidly build sophisticated software by employing a large library of reusable software components. GNUstep is already used [[GNUstep in production|in production]] environments at several organizations.
|}

__NOTOC__

== About GNUstep ==

'''[http://www.gnustep.org GNUstep home page]'''

[[Blogs]] concerning GNUstep

[[Project development|Contact and Project development]]

[[Architecture]]

[[FAQ]]

[[Application News ]]

== Users ==
[[GNUstep_Installation_Process|GNUstep Installation Process]]

[[Internationalisation]]

[[GNUstep environments]]

[[Wish list]]

[[Artworks]]

== Developers ==

[[Development Subprojects]] ([[Themability]], [[Portability]], [[Package management]], [[I18n]], [[Subversion Migration]], ...)

[[Development tools]]

[[Applications]]

[[Frameworks]]

[[Installation process]]

[[Scripting]]

[[Programming topics]] and [[Snippets]]

== [[Glossary]] ==

== About Wiki ==

[http://www.possibility.com/epowiki/Wiki.jsp?page=HowToOrganizeWiki How To Organize Wiki]

[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_development Wiki Dev Doc]

[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide User'sGuide]

[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_FAQ FAQ]

[http://wikipedia.sourceforge.net WikiPedia]

Main Page

2005-11-21T00:57:57Z

Aeruder: /* Developers */

{| style="border:1px solid black; background-color:lavender; padding:10pt;"
|+
| '''GNUstep''' is a [[Portability|cross-platform]], object-oriented set of [[Frameworks|frameworks]] for desktop application [[Development tools|development]]. The set of frameworks, based on [[OpenStep]] (now [[Cocoa]]), enables developers to rapidly build sophisticated software by employing a large library of reusable software components. GNUstep is already used [[GNUstep in production|in production]] environments at several organizations.
|}

__NOTOC__

== About GNUstep ==

'''[http://www.gnustep.org GNUstep home page]'''

[[Blogs]] concerning GNUstep

[[Project development|Contact and Project development]]

[[Architecture]]

[[FAQ]]

[[Application News ]]

== Users ==
[[GNUstep_Installation_Process|GNUstep Installation Process]]

[[Internationalisation]]

[[GNUstep environments]]

[[Wish list]]

[[Artworks]]

== Developers ==

[[Development Subprojects]] ([[Themability]], [[Portability]], [[Package management]], [[I18n]], [[Subversion]], ...)

[[Development tools]]

[[Applications]]

[[Frameworks]]

[[Installation process]]

[[Scripting]]

[[Programming topics]] and [[Snippets]]

== [[Glossary]] ==

== About Wiki ==

[http://www.possibility.com/epowiki/Wiki.jsp?page=HowToOrganizeWiki How To Organize Wiki]

[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_development Wiki Dev Doc]

[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide User'sGuide]

[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_FAQ FAQ]

[http://wikipedia.sourceforge.net WikiPedia]

Development Subprojects

2005-11-21T00:26:32Z

Aeruder: adding notes on subversion migration

[[Themability]]

[[Portability]]

[[Package management]]

[[I18n|Internationalisation]]

[[Subversion Migration]]

Blogs

2005-09-10T20:04:09Z

Aeruder:

Here is the list of blogs concerning GNUstep and blogs of GNUstep people:

{| {{prettytable}}
! Blog
! Description
! Owner (#gnustep IRC nick)
|+
| [http://camaelon.blogspot.com/ Random thoughts of a Camaelon]
| programming stuff, free software and gnustep things
| Nicolas Roard (rIO)
|+
| [http://heronsperch.blogspot.com/ Heron's Perch]
| Mostly Apple, GNUstep and stuff about me personally
| Gregory Casamento (bheron)
|+
| [http://steptalk.blogspot.com/ StepTalk]
| Talks about software, programming and GNUstep
| Stefan Urbanek (Stiivi)
|+
| [http://stefankst.blogspot.com/ Think Blog]
| ''(none)''
| Stefan Kleine Stegemann (stefankst)
|+
| [http://gnustep.blogspot.com/ GNUstep News]
| Not an Official GNUstep News Site
| ''(unknown)''
|+
| [http://multixden.blogspot.com/ The Art is Long]
| The Den of Multix (aka grey gandalf)
| Riccardo (grey_gandalf)
|+
| [http://www.aeruder.net/software/gnustep/ andrew ruder :: software :: gnustep]
| Posts concerning GNUstep and GNUstep software.
| Andrew Ruder (aeruder)
|}

Blogs

2005-09-10T05:31:21Z

Aeruder: Adding aeruder post

Here is the list of blogs concerning GNUstep and blogs of GNUstep people:

{| {{prettytable}}
! Blog
! Description
! Owner (#gnustep IRC nick)
|+
| [http://camaelon.blogspot.com/ Random thoughts of a Camaelon]
| programming stuff, free software and gnustep things
| Nicolas Roard (rIO)
|+
| [http://heronsperch.blogspot.com/ Heron's Perch]
| Mostly Apple, GNUstep and stuff about me personally
| Gregory Casamento (bheron)
|+
| [http://steptalk.blogspot.com/ StepTalk]
| Talks about software, programming and GNUstep
| Stefan Urbanek (Stiivi)
|+
| [http://stefankst.blogspot.com/ Think Blog]
| ''(none)''
| Stefan Kleine Stegemann (stefankst)
|+
| [http://gnustep.blogspot.com/ GNUstep News]
| Not an Official GNUstep News Site
| ''(unknown)''
|+
| [http://multixden.blogspot.com/ The Art is Long]
| The Den of Multix (aka grey gandalf)
| Riccardo (grey_gandalf)
|+
| [http://www.aeruder.net/software/gnustep/ Andrew Ruder :: software/gnustep]
| Posts concerning GNUstep and GNUstep software.
| Andrew Ruder (aeruder)
|}