[Tracker-discuss] Getting Started

[Michael Twomey]

On 11/1/06, Paul Dubois <pfdubois at gmail.com> wrote:
> 1. I strongly suggest the vendor-branch method I mentioned before. That
> would mean that in this case you create a 'vendor' branch consisting of the
> version of Roundup that you modified to make the prototype. Then branch it
> to 'ours'. Submit the prototype as a change to 'ours'. Then we can start
> modifying it as needed.
>

I agree with this approach.

I do something similar using mercurial + patch queues. I import
releases of roundup into a local mercurial repository, clone and apply
(updating as needed) any custom patches I have. Mostly they are custom
hacks for my particular site, but one or two are bugfixes I send back
to the roundup project.

> 3. Perhaps everybody but me knows, but what method of deployment are we
> going to use? I have only done the stand-alone server running behind Apache
> with a proxy-pass, and I don't know the pros and cons of the various
> approaches.
>

I've only used roundup with the proxy pass (actually mod_rewrite)
approach too. I think we should benchmark performance of different
configurations on the production box to establish what works well.

mick