> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Treat [mailto:xzilla@users.sourceforge.net]
> Sent: 19 November 2003 21:00
> To: Dave Page
> Cc: Josh Berkus; Michael Glaesemann; pgsql-www@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [pgsql-www] Site designs, upgrades, and Konqueror
>
> <note that only 1/2 of this thread has come through to me>
>
> On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 12:12, Dave Page wrote:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Josh Berkus [mailto:josh@agliodbs.com]
> > Next time, once the files are submitted to the web team, we must
> > ensure that *all* changes are made direct to the CVS. Barring
> > emergencies, I'm the only person that should be editting
> anything in
> > the live webspace as I'm the only one that can commit
> changes from there back to CVS.
> >
>
> Well, I'm guilty of having made changes on the live server in
> the past, though I think I have always sent a note
> immediately afterword to you informing you of the change.
> One potential issue we have all had though is that when
> developing the site you need a copy of the database on hand
> in order to get things working. I've manually pulled these
> down for myself in the past, but would you see an issue with
> checking in a pg_dump of the www server to cvs, so others
> could recreate a copy of the site?
The big problem with that is that the database is pretty large (~250MB
iirc). You can always setup a working copy elsewhere on the main server
- www.postgresql.org/~xzilla should work if you create a public_html
directory in your home dir.
Alternatively, we can always setup a dedicated vhost.
Regards, Dave.