Website Suggestions

Website Suggestions

[Mark Moore]

TWIMC,

Let me start by apologizing for sending this post to the GCC and GNU mailing
lists.  I realize that's a mighty wide distribution, and this post may not
be on topic.  If this post would be more appropriate on a different mailing
list you are aware of, please let me know.

I am looking to start an OpenSource project, and I like the organization of
the GCC home page very much.  What package(s) do you use to manage your
site?  What packages do you use to manage your project?  Are there any other
tips/links you might suggest for a developer foolish enough to start an
OpenSource project?  ;-)

 According to the website, (all?) the pages are contributed by the developer
community through CVS.  Is there a write-up on the process/procedure you use
to manage and coordinate the contributions?

Thank you very much in advance.  I'm sure you are busy enough without
responding to random email.  Any response at all would be greatly
appreciated!

-MM

Re: Website Suggestions

[Andrea 'fwyzard' Bocci]

The only package used for the website 'I'm aware of is Meta-HTML, a kind of 
HTML macro processor (at least, the way it is used here).

As a check, you should be abcle to download the www pages rom cvs (see 
instructions in the cvs page) and produce the final website running the 
"preproces" script.
You need to have meta-HTML installed and the script environment variables 
correctly setup, that's all.

.fw.

Re: Website Suggestions

[Gerald Pfeifer]

On Tue, 15 Apr 2003, Mark Moore wrote:
> I am looking to start an OpenSource project, and I like the organization of
> the GCC home page very much.  What package(s) do you use to manage your
> site?  What packages do you use to manage your project?  Are there any other
> tips/links you might suggest for a developer foolish enough to start an
> OpenSource project?  ;-)

For the web pages, I recommend a static preprocessor for footers,
navigation etc., and probably using CSS to do formatting these days.

You definitely need a good version management systems. The most popular
and wide-spread here is CVS, but it has some serious drawbacks such as
no concept of patch-sets, so if you start from scratch you might want to
have a look at Perforce (not free!) or Subversion.

You'll also need a bug-tracking system like GNATS or Bugzilla (GCC is
currently switching from the former to the latter).

And, depending on what you are going to do, an automatic testing framework
like Dejagnu, though here I'd really do some research of what's available
and best suites your needs.

> Is there a write-up on the process/procedure you use to manage and
> coordinate the contributions?

No, and depending on your project, the way GCC is currently operating
may not be the best choice and you might prefer a stricter model (such
as used for the Linux kernel) or a more liberal model (such as used for
FreeBSD, to some extent).

Gerald
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