It sounds like you're saying that the open sourced project should be different from the production project. Am I reading that right?
On Sunday, October 14, 2012 4:00:03 PM UTC-4, Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd] wrote: > > You could just include the necessary info in the README, or make a wrapper > script that does it for them - although I tend to stick with READMEs where > possible as they consume less time. > > If the code is coming straight out of production, there's a few tips I'd > recommended; > > * Ensure that you test the code outside of the production environment > against a test project, and make sure it works as expected. > * Triple check that you haven't left any private info in the code > * Provide a (reasonable) amount of documentation > > Personally, I tend to opt for this license; > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTFPL > > There are many places you can put your code (GitHub, my most favourite), > and others such as BitBucket and Google Code - again it's down to personal > preference. > > Here is an example of a project I open sourced a while back... at the time > I thought it was done well, but I later realised it needed a serious amount > of re-writing and documentation - which I still haven't got around to doing; > https://github.com/foxx/django-cutemodel > > Others may be able to offer a bit more advice, but the above is a head > start at least! > > Hope this helps! > > Cal > > On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 8:47 PM, Joshua Russo > <josh.r...@gmail.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> I have project that I have been working and I was contemplating open >> sourcing it but I ran into a little hang up. How to handle the database >> authentication. The settings file obviously needs to be included but I >> don't want to advertise the production database login. How is this >> generally handled? >> >> Also, are there procedures that need to be followed to "properly" open >> source a project, or is it really just choosing a licence and dubbing it so? >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Django users" group. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-users/-/LJU31pYrcXgJ. >> To post to this group, send email to django...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> django-users...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-users/-/6nucbxbFRF8J. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
