[web-team] Quick summary of new web host

[Lisa]

> Query:  What's your view about reimplementing the webslave
> group?  I know (and really appreciate!) your getting things
> going in a quick-and-slightly-dirty-but-systematic way, but
> this might be the right time to go after details. 
> Specifically:

REASONS DELETED...

I have no problem with that idea... and agree with your
reasoning

> I just realised that, if we _do_ change that group ownership,
> we want to be careful to keep
> /var/www/svlug-main/svlug-news-{long|short}.html writable by
> the www-data user (and probably group), because otherwise the
> output code you have in longnews.php and shortnews.php would
> break.

Undoubtedly.  I usually resolve that by creating a "dynamic" (or
some such) directory and have that directory owned and, of
course, writable by the user/group that the http server runs as.

> We still have some kinks in svn usage, and user setup.  I'm
> not yet being allowed to do checkin:

AFAIK, you must have a username and password added to
/var/svn/web/conf/passwd.  There may be more that needs to be
changed but, if so, it likely needs to be changed to files in
that same directory.

> FYI, the gist of the above is that I _have_ now corrected /
> updated all of the stuff on the front page and the Meetings
> page about the July speaker, but so far have been stymied in
> checking my changes into svn.

For the immediate case, I committed your changes.

> I won't harp on this too much, but you may already know that I
> don't like svn a _whole_ lot...
>
> (a bit removed)
>
>
> I'd frankly be happier with your choice of Mercurial ("hg"),
> git, or Bazaar ("bzr").  All of those would likewise involve a
> learning curve -- but I figured it's smarter to speak now than
> be still slightly grumpy about this matter years from now and
> have you say "Well, why didn't you _say_

Well, this was all done because (a) svn was quick to set up
(even if incompletely) and (b) I am not familiar with any of the
other VCS's available enough to make an intelligent choice. :-)

I'm all up for another.

Lisa