Re: OT: back up and revision control
On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 3:20 PM, Alan G Isaac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 17 Mar 2008, Dominik Böhm apparently wrote: I use an SVN-server for my thesis and upload my work to the server twice a day. I find this a great way to work on research papers, especially if they are collaborative. Who is providing the SVN service? (I know of a couple free ones, but do not know their quality.) If it is publicly available, do you have any comments on it? I asked my tutor if she could provide an svn server for me. A day later someone of the support staff sent me an email with the connection data for my svn server. Maybe you can ask the persons in charge at your university as well... I also have my own svn server on my server at home. It was really easy to install it using Ubuntu Linux, there are a lot of tutorials online. But without external backups the data security is not especially high. There are of course a lot of svn services, free and charged ones, but I wouldn't like to rely on most of the free services that offer space for arbitrary projects. The big players, like sourceforge and google code limit their offer to open source projects, so you probably won't be able to use them for your papers. Dominik
Re[2]: OT: back up and revision control
On Tue, 18 Mar 2008, Dominik Böhm apparently wrote: I asked my tutor if she could provide an svn server for me. A day later someone of the support staff sent me an email with the connection data for my svn server. Maybe you can ask the persons in charge at your university as well. Our IT department tries to approximate the following security procedures: turn it off, and uplug it. Some of the free services look promising though. (The one's that provide for a transition to a larger paid project.) Thanks, Alan Isaac
Re: OT: back up and revision control
Dominik Böhm ha scritto: On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 3:20 PM, Alan G Isaac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 17 Mar 2008, Dominik Böhm apparently wrote: I use an SVN-server for my thesis and upload my work to the server twice a day. I find this a great way to work on research papers, especially if they are collaborative. Who is providing the SVN service? (I know of a couple free ones, but do not know their quality.) If it is publicly available, do you have any comments on it? I asked my tutor if she could provide an svn server for me. A day later someone of the support staff sent me an email with the connection data for my svn server. Maybe you can ask the persons in charge at your university as well... I also have my own svn server on my server at home. It was really easy to install it using Ubuntu Linux, there are a lot of tutorials online. But without external backups the data security is not especially high. There are of course a lot of svn services, free and charged ones, but I wouldn't like to rely on most of the free services that offer space for arbitrary projects. The big players, like sourceforge and google code limit their offer to open source projects, so you probably won't be able to use them for your papers. Dominik Hi guys, May I suggest you Git as a version control system? It's simply the best. Git is currently used for the collaborative development of the Linux kernel and a lot of Linux-related projects. It has the most advanced features, but can be used with great simplicity by the majority of developers. Ok, here I stop the Git advertisement. ;) For more info google git. PS: I'm not involved into Git development, nor am I part of Git Marketing dept. (wondering if it exists). I just like it and want to share the info. Best regards. -- Filippo Zangheri GPG key ID: 0xE1D879FA Key fingerprint: 816B CE57 D43C 0A47 EF35 3378 EA5F A72A E1D8 79FA Key server: pgp.mit.edu -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.12 GE d- s+:- a-- C++ UL+++ P+ L+++ E-- W+ N* o-- K- w--- O-- M-- V- PS++ PE+ Y+ PGP++ t 5-- X++ R* tv b+ DI-- D G-- e++ h-- r++ z* --END GEEK CODE BLOCK--
Re: OT: back up and revision control
On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 3:20 PM, Alan G Isaac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 17 Mar 2008, Dominik Böhm apparently wrote: I use an SVN-server for my thesis and upload my work to the server twice a day. I find this a great way to work on research papers, especially if they are collaborative. Who is providing the SVN service? (I know of a couple free ones, but do not know their quality.) If it is publicly available, do you have any comments on it? I asked my tutor if she could provide an svn server for me. A day later someone of the support staff sent me an email with the connection data for my svn server. Maybe you can ask the persons in charge at your university as well... I also have my own svn server on my server at home. It was really easy to install it using Ubuntu Linux, there are a lot of tutorials online. But without external backups the data security is not especially high. There are of course a lot of svn services, free and charged ones, but I wouldn't like to rely on most of the free services that offer space for arbitrary projects. The big players, like sourceforge and google code limit their offer to open source projects, so you probably won't be able to use them for your papers. Dominik
Re[2]: OT: back up and revision control
On Tue, 18 Mar 2008, Dominik Böhm apparently wrote: I asked my tutor if she could provide an svn server for me. A day later someone of the support staff sent me an email with the connection data for my svn server. Maybe you can ask the persons in charge at your university as well. Our IT department tries to approximate the following security procedures: turn it off, and uplug it. Some of the free services look promising though. (The one's that provide for a transition to a larger paid project.) Thanks, Alan Isaac
Re: OT: back up and revision control
Dominik Böhm ha scritto: On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 3:20 PM, Alan G Isaac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 17 Mar 2008, Dominik Böhm apparently wrote: I use an SVN-server for my thesis and upload my work to the server twice a day. I find this a great way to work on research papers, especially if they are collaborative. Who is providing the SVN service? (I know of a couple free ones, but do not know their quality.) If it is publicly available, do you have any comments on it? I asked my tutor if she could provide an svn server for me. A day later someone of the support staff sent me an email with the connection data for my svn server. Maybe you can ask the persons in charge at your university as well... I also have my own svn server on my server at home. It was really easy to install it using Ubuntu Linux, there are a lot of tutorials online. But without external backups the data security is not especially high. There are of course a lot of svn services, free and charged ones, but I wouldn't like to rely on most of the free services that offer space for arbitrary projects. The big players, like sourceforge and google code limit their offer to open source projects, so you probably won't be able to use them for your papers. Dominik Hi guys, May I suggest you Git as a version control system? It's simply the best. Git is currently used for the collaborative development of the Linux kernel and a lot of Linux-related projects. It has the most advanced features, but can be used with great simplicity by the majority of developers. Ok, here I stop the Git advertisement. ;) For more info google git. PS: I'm not involved into Git development, nor am I part of Git Marketing dept. (wondering if it exists). I just like it and want to share the info. Best regards. -- Filippo Zangheri GPG key ID: 0xE1D879FA Key fingerprint: 816B CE57 D43C 0A47 EF35 3378 EA5F A72A E1D8 79FA Key server: pgp.mit.edu -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.12 GE d- s+:- a-- C++ UL+++ P+ L+++ E-- W+ N* o-- K- w--- O-- M-- V- PS++ PE+ Y+ PGP++ t 5-- X++ R* tv b+ DI-- D G-- e++ h-- r++ z* --END GEEK CODE BLOCK--
Re: OT: back up and revision control
On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 3:20 PM, Alan G Isaac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 17 Mar 2008, Dominik Böhm apparently wrote: > > I use an SVN-server for my thesis and upload my work to > > the server twice a day. > > I find this a great way to work on research papers, > especially if they are collaborative. Who is providing the > SVN service? (I know of a couple free ones, but do not know > their quality.) If it is publicly available, do you have any > comments on it? I asked my tutor if she could provide an svn server for me. A day later someone of the support staff sent me an email with the connection data for "my" svn server. Maybe you can ask the persons in charge at your university as well... I also have my own svn server on my server at home. It was really easy to install it using Ubuntu Linux, there are a lot of tutorials online. But without external backups the data security is not especially high. There are of course a lot of svn services, free and charged ones, but I wouldn't like to rely on most of the free services that offer space for arbitrary projects. The big players, like sourceforge and google code limit their offer to open source projects, so you probably won't be able to use them for your papers. Dominik
Re[2]: OT: back up and revision control
On Tue, 18 Mar 2008, Dominik Böhm apparently wrote: > I asked my tutor if she could provide an svn server for > me. A day later someone of the support staff sent me an > email with the connection data for "my" svn server. Maybe > you can ask the persons in charge at your university as > well. Our IT department tries to approximate the following security procedures: turn it off, and uplug it. Some of the free services look promising though. (The one's that provide for a transition to a larger paid project.) Thanks, Alan Isaac
Re: OT: back up and revision control
Dominik Böhm ha scritto: > On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 3:20 PM, Alan G Isaac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Mon, 17 Mar 2008, Dominik Böhm apparently wrote: >> > I use an SVN-server for my thesis and upload my work to >> > the server twice a day. >> >> I find this a great way to work on research papers, >> especially if they are collaborative. Who is providing the >> SVN service? (I know of a couple free ones, but do not know >> their quality.) If it is publicly available, do you have any >> comments on it? > > I asked my tutor if she could provide an svn server for me. A day > later someone of the support staff sent me an email with the > connection data for "my" svn server. Maybe you can ask the persons in > charge at your university as well... > > I also have my own svn server on my server at home. It was really easy > to install it using Ubuntu Linux, there are a lot of tutorials online. > But without external backups the data security is not especially high. > > There are of course a lot of svn services, free and charged ones, but > I wouldn't like to rely on most of the free services that offer space > for arbitrary projects. The big players, like sourceforge and google > code limit their offer to open source projects, so you probably won't > be able to use them for your papers. > > Dominik > Hi guys, May I suggest you Git as a version control system? It's simply the best. Git is currently used for the collaborative development of the Linux kernel and a lot of Linux-related projects. It has the most advanced features, but can be used with great simplicity by the majority of developers. Ok, here I stop the Git advertisement. ;) For more info google "git". PS: I'm not involved into Git development, nor am I part of Git Marketing dept. (wondering if it exists). I just like it and want to share the info. Best regards. -- Filippo Zangheri GPG key ID: 0xE1D879FA Key fingerprint: 816B CE57 D43C 0A47 EF35 3378 EA5F A72A E1D8 79FA Key server: pgp.mit.edu -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.12 GE d- s+:- a-- C++ UL+++ P+ L+++ E-- W+ N* o-- K- w--- O-- M-- V- PS++ PE+ Y+ PGP++ t 5-- X++ R* tv b+ DI-- D G-- e++ h-- r++ z* --END GEEK CODE BLOCK--
OT: back up and revision control
On Mon, 17 Mar 2008, Dominik Böhm apparently wrote: I use an SVN-server for my thesis and upload my work to the server twice a day. I find this a great way to work on research papers, especially if they are collaborative. Who is providing the SVN service? (I know of a couple free ones, but do not know their quality.) If it is publicly available, do you have any comments on it? Thank you, Alan Isaac
Re: OT: back up and revision control
On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 10:20:12AM -0400, Alan G Isaac wrote: On Mon, 17 Mar 2008, Dominik Böhm apparently wrote: I use an SVN-server for my thesis and upload my work to the server twice a day. I find this a great way to work on research papers, especially if they are collaborative. Who is providing the SVN service? (I know of a couple free ones, but do not know their quality.) If it is publicly available, do you have any comments on it? You can setup one by yourself. You basically need a more or less permanent internet connection (or at least at the times you and your coworkers need it). Bandwidth should be a non-issue for thesis sized projects... Andre'
OT: back up and revision control
On Mon, 17 Mar 2008, Dominik Böhm apparently wrote: I use an SVN-server for my thesis and upload my work to the server twice a day. I find this a great way to work on research papers, especially if they are collaborative. Who is providing the SVN service? (I know of a couple free ones, but do not know their quality.) If it is publicly available, do you have any comments on it? Thank you, Alan Isaac
Re: OT: back up and revision control
On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 10:20:12AM -0400, Alan G Isaac wrote: On Mon, 17 Mar 2008, Dominik Böhm apparently wrote: I use an SVN-server for my thesis and upload my work to the server twice a day. I find this a great way to work on research papers, especially if they are collaborative. Who is providing the SVN service? (I know of a couple free ones, but do not know their quality.) If it is publicly available, do you have any comments on it? You can setup one by yourself. You basically need a more or less permanent internet connection (or at least at the times you and your coworkers need it). Bandwidth should be a non-issue for thesis sized projects... Andre'
OT: back up and revision control
On Mon, 17 Mar 2008, Dominik Böhm apparently wrote: > I use an SVN-server for my thesis and upload my work to > the server twice a day. I find this a great way to work on research papers, especially if they are collaborative. Who is providing the SVN service? (I know of a couple free ones, but do not know their quality.) If it is publicly available, do you have any comments on it? Thank you, Alan Isaac
Re: OT: back up and revision control
On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 10:20:12AM -0400, Alan G Isaac wrote: > On Mon, 17 Mar 2008, Dominik Böhm apparently wrote: > > I use an SVN-server for my thesis and upload my work to > > the server twice a day. > > I find this a great way to work on research papers, > especially if they are collaborative. Who is providing the > SVN service? (I know of a couple free ones, but do not know > their quality.) If it is publicly available, do you have any > comments on it? You can setup one by yourself. You basically need a more or less permanent internet connection (or at least at the times you and your coworkers need it). Bandwidth should be a non-issue for "thesis sized projects"... Andre'
