Revision: 638
http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/?view=rev&root=administration&revision=638
Author: ineiev
Date: 2023-07-31 04:38:37 -0400 (Mon, 31 Jul 2023)
Log Message:
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add a note on SSI
Modified Paths:
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trunk/sviki/HomePage.mdwn
Modified: trunk/sviki/HomePage.mdwn
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--- trunk/sviki/HomePage.mdwn 2023-07-27 07:37:21 UTC (rev 637)
+++ trunk/sviki/HomePage.mdwn 2023-07-31 08:38:37 UTC (rev 638)
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-Web pages for Savannah groups
-===============================
+# Web pages for Savannah groups
+
Each group at Savannah may have a "web pages" CVS repository, completely
separate from any "sources" repositories. These are the standard URLs
provided:
@@ -15,25 +15,26 @@
Basic CVS usage: [[CvsGettingStarted]].
-Symlinks
---------
-No symlinks ([email protected] says: "security reasons" and "there's also
-the fact that CVS doesn't handle symlinks") - use .symlinks instead. Add
-a file named .symlinks in each directory where you want to make symbolic
-links. Each line of the file lists a real file name followed by the name
-of the symbolic link. The symbolic links are built every hour.
+## Symlinks
-.htaccess
----------
+No symbolic links ([email protected] says: "security reasons" and
+"there's also the fact that CVS doesn't handle symlinks") - use
+.symlinks instead. Add a file named .symlinks in each directory where
+you want to make symbolic links. Each line of the file lists a real
+file name followed by the name of the symbolic link. The symbolic
+links are built every hour.
+
+## .htaccess
+
An Apache `.htaccess` file can be used, with some limitations. The
enclosing server configuration says:
AllowOverride Indexes FileInfo Limit AuthConfig
-General CGI scripts are not allowed.
+General CGI scripts are not enabled. Basic Apache SSI commands do work.
-Using a different VCS
----------------------
+## Using a different VCS
+
Many people have requested using something other than CVS for their web
page repositories. This requires substantial frontend work, backend work,
and coordination with the FSF sysadmins. CVS is more than sufficient
