How to work with Sourceforge
If you want to contribute to Salix at Sourceforge you first have to register a Sourceforge account and get part of the Salix project. Contact one of the project admins for this.
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Edit Salix svn source code
Quickstart guide
You can get a local copy of the complete salix source tree as usual by:
svn checkout https://salix.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/salix
Of course it is also possible to get only special sources. Example:
svn checkout https://salix.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/salix/salixtools/trunk/localesetup/locale/
Then start editing the files. When you are done you have to run:
svn update
If you have added or removed files or directories you also need these commands:
svn add dir|file svn rm deprecated-file
After that you can upload your changes with the following command:
EDITOR=geany svn commit
or
svn commit -m "Updated some translations"
You can specify a short changelog of your changes with option "-m" on the command line. If you don't, you will be prompted to specify the changelog using your favorite text editor (you will have to set the VISUAL or EDITOR environment variable to an editor first or you will get an error message that you should).
Advanced guide
To get a full blown svn documentaion have a look at svnbook.red-bean.com
Upload file releases
You have to be a project admin to upload files. Then create a shell to sourceforge:
ssh -t USERNAME,salix@shell.sourceforge.net create
This shell will stand for 4 hours. Create the directories needed (if any) under Salix directory:
mkdir /home/frs/project/s/sa/salix/NEW_DIRECTORY
Upload the files using scp:
scp MY_RELEASE.iso USERNAME,salix@shell.sourceforge.net:/home/frs/project/s/sa/salix/NEW_DIRECTORY/
Make sure new folders are group writeable, so other project admins can add/delete files to the new folder, too. At las announce the release in the announce forum, distrowatch, or wherever you like ;-)
