Re: I wrote a gtk2-perl application, need advice

["spicy jack" <elspicyjack gmail com>]

On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 3:18 PM, Mitchell Laks <mlaks post harvard edu> wrote:
> I wrote a gtk2-perl application (cybergaon) that I would like to distribute via sourceforge. It will be GPL 
> (v3 I think).
>
> I think that I can redistribute the raw data - ie the hebrew texts as they are free. However I sense
> that sourceforge is not happy to have data rather than programs distributed via there site.
> On the other hand the texts are freely redistributable. Do I distribute a script that assumes the user
> has downloaded the data file of texts from the mechon-mamre website?

I can't speak for sourceforge, but I don't see how they would have a
problem with this.  Applications need data files, and sourceforge is
there to support open source applications.  Try filing a support
request with their help system and ask your question there.

> 2) I wanted to put up the application and code on sourceforge and I can't understand how to get it onto 
> cvs. I am having
> difficulty figuring out how to do the ssh-keygen and I really dont know what I am doing over there, and 
> nothing
> seems to be going up to sourceforge. Note that i have used ssh-keygen when I wanted to set up
> a cron job to anonymous backup between machines in the past. I just cant  figure out what to do here. I 
> would like
> to zero my key and start over and upload the files for others to use.

Sourceforge uses a web thingy to manage your SSH key; you paste the
contents of your *public* key file (the SSH key file that ends in
'.pub') into the little box on the Sourceforge website, and if they
like it, that becomes your credentials for using the site.

To generate a new key file:

ssh-keygen -f sourceforge_ssh_key

will create ~/.ssh/sourceforge_ssh_key and
~/.ssh/sourceforge_ssh_key.pub, and then you upload
~/.ssh/sourceforge_ssh_key.pub via the Sourceforge web key thingy.

Once your SSH key is posted, you use CVS over SSH to upload/download
CVS changes.  The CVS page for your project
(http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=222738) has instructions for
setting up your environment to run CVS over SSH under the section
titled "Developer CVS Access via SSH" on the above linked page.

Thanks,

Brian