Re: [xmlroff] What's next for xmlroff?

[Tony G. <Ton...@Me...>]

On Thu, Feb 01 2007 16:57:49 +0000, Stefan Seefeld wrote:
> Tony Graham wrote:
>> I have it in mind to move xmlroff off CVS on SourceForge to a
>> Subversion repository hosted on xmlroff.org (which would also move off
>> SourceForge's servers).
>
> Do you already have a host for xmlroff.org ?

I registered the hostname several years ago on some anniversary of
Sun's open-sourcing of xmlroff and then doing nothing with it.

www.xmlroff.org is currently aliased to SourceForge
vhost.sourceforge.net, so http://xmlroff.org is currently served from
the SourceForge project's htdocs directory.

I now have other webhosting that allows hosting multiple domains for
no extra charge, so I am better placed than ever before to be able to
host xmlroff.org off SourceForge.

One more change would probably be to also move xmlroff-list off
SourceForge and on to xmlroff.org.

>> I would then choose to use Trac (http://trac.edgewall.com/) for the
>> new xmlroff website, ticket tracking system, and repository browser.
>> 
>> I have been using Trac for a while now and I quite like it, but what
>> do you people think?
>
> I haven't really used Trac myself, yet. I'v only looked at it quickly
> when comparing features to other trackers (such as roundup).

Trac does more than just issue tracking.  I would also expect that the
way that you can link between tickets and both the wiki pages and the
Subversion revisions and changesets would mean that bug reports would
receive more attention than they have been receiving.

> If you are comfortable, you should use it. You are the main person who
> will be affected by it.

That is true, but while it is true, it's not necessarily the best
possible arrangement.

And if I did all major changes without signalling them or inviting
comment, then I could soon be the only person affected by them.

Talking about it beforehand also gives people a chance to chime in
with alternative, and possibly better, solutions.

Regards,


Tony.