Re: [webmin-devel] Public CVS/Subversion?

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

On 18/Jul/2007 03:32 Paul Gear wrote ..
> Jamie Cameron wrote:
> > On 26/Jun/2007 16:38 Paul Gear wrote ..
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I'm trying to hack on the Webmin Shorewall module, which seems to need
> >> a
> >> bit of updating, and i'm trying to locate the current CVS/Subversion
> >> repository.  I found one at sourceforge.net, but it seems a few years
> >> out of date.  Is there a current public repository?  Should i be
> >> downloading the devel tgz snapshots instead?
> > 
> > Hi Paul,
> > 
> > There is an SVN repository, but it is not publicly available yet.
> > However, if you want to contribute, email me your preferred login and
> > password and I will add an account for you so that you can access it.
> 
> I'm at the point of beginning testing of a couple of useful changes to
> the Shorewall module, and i have some questions:
> 
> - What's the best way to test the changes?  Is there any system of
> testing module code changes, or should i just whack it in a test
> system's directory and try it?

There's no formal system .. instead, you should just copy the changes
into the directory for a working Webmin install, and try them out.

> - What is the licensing on the Shorewall module?  (Are they all BSD
> licensed if not specified otherwise?)  Where should i put my mark for
> any significant amount of code i write?

All the current code is BSD licenced. For most people's changes, they 
add comments above the new blocks giving themselves attributions, or
add a comment at the top of the file.

 - Jamie