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Re: Setting up ViewVC for SVN

From: Hari Kodungallur <hkodungallur_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:43:55 -0700

On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 3:28 PM, Ed Hillmann <ed.hillmann_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 6:32 AM, Sharad Munde <sharad.munde_at_gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have installed ViewVC and can very well view CVS repository.
> >
> > Now I also want to use ViewVC for the subversion repository to view it
> > online
> > I get following problem.
> >
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >
> > File "/usr/local/viewvc-1.0.5/lib/viewvc.py", line 3766, in main
> > request.run_viewvc()
> > File "/usr/local/viewvc-1.0.5/lib/viewvc.py", line 253, in run_viewvc
> > import vclib.svn
> > File "/usr/local/viewvc-1.0.5/lib/vclib/svn/__init__.py", line 27, in ?
> >
> > from svn import fs, repos, core, delta
> > ImportError: No module named svn
> >
> >
> > I looked into online forums and found that i need to install svn-python
> > bindings and set PYTHONPATH to where they are installed.
> >
> > But where will I get these bindings ??? I am not able to find them.
> >
> > Or is there any other way to solve this issue. I am spending too much
> time
> > in solving this. It will be great is somebody helps.
> >
> > Thanks & Regards,
> > Sharad.
>
> As Hari points out, you either need to find the pre-built pything
> bindings appropriate for your OS, or build your own. Building them is
> pretty straight forward if you're already building Subversion already.
>
> We used ViewVC for a while, and it worked very well. However, I've
> come across a newer Web application for SVN repositories which is much
> easier to setup than ViewVC. It's a pure Java web app, so you simply
> drop it into your Web Server and run it. If you get a chance, try it
> out.
>
> http://www.sventon.org/
>
>

I have not used sventon and so I have no comments about the product itself.
However, in this case Web Server obviously means Tomcat and not Apache --
which once in a while impacts the decision to use the product :)

regards,
-Hari
Received on 2008-06-12 02:44:23 CEST

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