ITP: mercurial-server -- provide and manage a shared Mercurial repository

[ciphergoth]

I just released version 0.8 of a small bit of software I wrote for work, mercurial-server.

mercurial-server gives your developers remote read/write access to centralized Mercurial repositories using SSH public key authentication; it provides convenient and fine-grained key management and access control.

Now I'm looking for the help of a Debian developer to get the software into Debian, and later into Ubuntu. Any of the Debian developers reading this fancy giving me any advice or getting involved?

• mercurial-server home page
• Blog post about release 0.8
• Intent to Package
• mercurial-server on mentors.debian.net
• Request for Sponsor

Thanks!

Comments

[skx.livejournal.com]

I'm willing to sponsor you.

[skx.livejournal.com]

Stylistically I'd suggest the last changelog entry should have "Closes: #555750" and uses your email address - rather than @arizonabay.

But otherwise it looks good - only gripe is "/usr/share/mercurial-server/refresh-auth" vs /usr/local as documented on the homepage.

If you're happy with me to edit your changelog just ACK here, or I'll wait until you upload a new revision.

[xugglybug.livejournal.com]

Can't help on Debian front, but you might ask marnanel about getting it into Ubuntu.

[babysimon]

I think the plan is to get it into Ubuntu via the usual Debian sync. It's not very desktop-y.

[lovelybug.livejournal.com]

Well done! xxx

[ciphergoth.livejournal.com]

Oh, you star - thank you so much.

Since uploading 0.8 I've found a few minor bugs including a FTBFS due to missing Build-Depends entries, so I'll test with pbuilder, bring out a 0.9 that fixes the changelog entry and the other bugs I've found and let you know.

BTW the .deb does install into /usr/share as it should - it's only the "make install" install that goes into /usr/local/share.

Should I delete all other entries from the changelog except the one that says "0.9 - closes Closes: #555750"?

Thanks again!

[skx.livejournal.com]

Not a problem - it looks like something I should be using for my own hg repos!

As for the changelog that is really matter of personal preference - Its only the "latest" one that will be examined on the Debian-side, and so that one should have the "Closes" entry in it - so you can remove all past ones, or keep them present as you see fit.

Drop me a mail when you're ready, or ever have a new release, and I'll verify pbuider cleanness and upload for you.

[ciphergoth.livejournal.com]

All done - thanks again!

Is this analagous to other tools?

[https://login.launchpad.net/+id/tbzQdGG (from livejournal.com)]

Is this analogous to using gitorious with git, or the command="svnserve -t --tunnel-user alice" hack in .ssh/authorized_keys with subversion?

Re: Is this analagous to other tools?

[ciphergoth.livejournal.com]

I'm told that mercurial-server is very similar to a tool called "gitosis", but I don't really know anything about it or either of the tools you mention.