[ghns] Getting Started with a Server

[Josef Spillner]

Am Dienstag 04 März 2008 21:40:16 schrieben Sie:
> Hi Josef,
>
> Thanks for your answer.
>
> > Which links are broken?
>
> If you go to http://ghns.freedesktop.org/hotstuff/ the download and the
> homepage link on the right side are broken.

Fixed, along with some other updates which have been on my localhost version 
for several months.

> Yes, actually I already host the plasma, phonon and solid project websites.
> I have a server with some bandwidth (1tb/month, possibly more, 100mbit
> uplink), good backup and support, and I talked shortly to jpwhiting and
> fregl on #plasma about the possibility of hosting a GHNS Server maybe even
> for real usage not just for testing.

Sounds good.

> I already found the 0.9.2 download of the scripts. That is the current
> state of the art? (I haven't looked at it yet) Are there any extra tricks I
> have to know before giving it a try?

Actually 0.9.2 is a bit outdated, and a new release should be done. You're 
probably better off with the SVN code for now.
Here's the list of most important changes since 0.9.2:
* i18n'd entry names, the "best" language is chosen based on HTTP referrers if 
available
* recursive SVN scanning for larger projects
* automatic creation of provider.xml file (yeah!)
* XML Schema checking for uploaded meta files, although isn't quite usable 
yet, see the other mail about XSD shortcomings

Try to install it and then read man ghns(7) and hotstuff(7) to get started.

Josef