[sf-lug] sf-lug Digest, Vol 70, Issue 16

[Jesse Zbikowski]

MediaWiki has a vcs backend.

On Nov 30, 2011 2:54 PM, "Rick Moen" <rick at linuxmafia.com> wrote:
>
> Quoting Alison Chaiken (alchaiken at gmail.com):
>
> > I'd consider using KDE's SparkleShare, which is a drag-and-drop GUI
> > interface for git.    Instructions here:
> >
> > https://mairin.wordpress.com/2011/05/25/fedora-sparkleshare-howto/
>
> Ooh, nice.  Looks like a Python / kdelibs / qt front-end to git.
>
> > I'd like to use SparkleShare or git to backup files that sonic.net has
> > for my web page, but was recently appalled to learn that the reason
> > git won't install on sonic's webhosting server is because it's RedHat
> > 7.3!
>
> Aaaugh!  Last updated Dec. 31, 2003.  Wow, whoever's updating that
> host must be a masochist.  At least, one _hopes_ they're updating it.
>
>
> Meanwhile, for my sins, I'm working with a bunch of technophobes to
> collaborately edit and proofread material that (in the final stages)
> gets loaded into Adobe InDesign for DTPing.  The guy running the project
> is doing it by file-attaching ASCIl or RTF files back and forth.
>
> He asked me what 'cloud provider' I would use instead.  I said,
> personally: none of the above.  That _if_ I were working with people
> willing to use standard Unix tools, I would just give them all shell
> accounts on my Linux server, create a VCS repo (e.g., git) for the
> project, and have them SSH their changes into and out of the repo.
> Thus: Solution in ten minutes, I said.
>
> However, I immediately added that I was aware that wasn't realistic,
> because I'd get no farther with most of the volunteers than their saying
> 'SS-what?'
>
> I've started looking around to see if someone's done a novice-friendly
> graphical Web front-end for remote interaction over HTTPS with a VCS
> repo -- thus end-running around novice trauma over the need to deal with
> standard Unix tools, and instead use only bog-standard Web browser
> point-and-drool.  Haven't found one yet.  Leads welcomed.
>
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