[GRASS-dev] cvs>svn?

[Dylan Beaudette]

On Wednesday 16 January 2008 12:16:32 am Wolf Bergenheim wrote:
> On 16.01.2008 03:34, Dylan Beaudette wrote:
> > On Tuesday 15 January 2008, Hamish wrote:
> >>>>> Martin Landa wrote:
> >>>>>> BTW it would be great to start migration webpages to Drupal.
> >>
> >> Hamish:
> >>>> One thing I think is critical is that the changes are monitored in
> >>>> some sort of SCM with change history including author, date, and
> >>>> commit log message. Does drupal give access to change history?
> >>
> >> (Accountability and peer review is needed as the webpage is the
> >> "official voice" of the GRASS project)
> >
> > This is an important point. I am not necessarily advocating the use of
> > Drupal or any other CMS- rather pointing out that it can provide
> > considerable administrative convenience.
> >
> >> Dylan:
> >>> I think that it is possible to have revisioned edits with Drupal,
> >>> possibly after enabling some module.
> >>
> >> ...
>
> On the test site I have enabled the diff module
> (http://drupal.org/project/diff) which will show you the diff between
> two versions. There is also the Recent Changes module
> (http://drupal.org/project/recent_changes) installed.
>
> Also drupal saves who made a page edit, and that can also be made visible.
>
> > maybe this a module based on:
> > http://groups.drupal.org/taxonomy/term/2408
>
> This is for accessing a version control repository trough Drupal, a bit
> like webVC.
>
> Don't be afraid of the new installation, just go in there and get your
> hands dirty! Send me an email if you need / want editing rights.
>
> --Wolf

Thanks for the great clarifications Wolf. Once I turn in my MS thesis (March 
3rd) I would like to start working on the GRASS Drupal site. I'll continue to 
*mostly* lurk until then!

Dylan