[Eric] how to store SVN password

[Algis Kabaila]

On Monday 09 November 2009 02:15:16 detlev wrote:
> On Sonntag, 8. November 2009, Petr Jakeš wrote:
> > 2009/11/8 detlev <detlev at die-offenbachs.de>
> >
> > > On Montag, 2. November 2009, Petr Jakeš wrote:
> > > > Hi, I am using pysvn with Eric4 as follow:
> > > > Project > Version control > New from repository > pysvn
> > > >
> > > > Till here it works fine.
> > > >
> > > > When I am trying to Update from repository, or Commit to repository,
> > > > it
> > >
> > > is
> > >
> > > > asking for the password again and again.
> > > > (see the attachment)
> > > >
> > > > Is there a way how to store the password?
> > > >
> > > > Regards
> > > >
> > > > Petr
> > >
> > > If the Save Login Data checkbox is checked, the login credentials
> > > should be saved. You could check that in your .subversion/auth
> > > directory.
> >
> > The owner of the ~/.subversion/auth directory is root on my machine (I am
> >  on Ubuntu 9.10). This IMHO the reason why the login credentials are not
> >  saved even the Save Login Data checkbox is checked.
> > Is there some "clean" way how to solve it, or I have to change the the
> >  owner manualy?
> >
> > Petr
>
> You have to change that manually. It shouldn't have been owner root.
>
> Detlev

Hi,

It was interesting to read this thread as it concerns VCS (Version Control 
System), including the requirement to be "root".  I used to use "subversion" 
which is the only VCS currently integrated with Eric and remember that 
requirement. 

Recently I have switched to another open source versioning system, because of 
its versatility and ease of use - Bazaar.  It happens to be DVCS (Distributed 
Version Control System).  It is handy for both - "home" use with the entire 
history kept on the local PC and for "external" repository applications. In 
home use it does NOT require setting up of a repository, as the working files 
and the record of versions can be kept in one and the same directory. 
"Bazaar", a tool for VCS, written mainly in Python and Qt, does not require to 
switch to "root" for operation.  It is strictly cross-platform and is tested 
with all main operating systems - MS Windows, GNU/Linux, Mac OS.
  
External repository hosting is offered by "Launchpad". A sample "homepage" on 
Launchpad can be seen in https://launchpad.net/bzr-explorer.

An excellent cross-platform GUI, bzr-Explorer, written in Qt (the same GUI 
backbone as Eric), is available.  I do feel that it would be an advantage to 
Eric to offer versioning Python programs with Bazaar.

Various views of bzr-Explorer on several OS platforms, namely MS Windows, 
GNU/Linux Gnome or KDE, Mac Os X, can be inspected in 

http://doc.bazaar-vcs.org/explorer/en/visual-tour-windows.html

A well balanced review of the Bazaar versioning system is described in

http://doc.bazaar-vcs.org/migration/en/why-switch-to-bazaar.html

I look forward to the addition of Bazaar to the already excellent Python 
programming IDE, Eric.

OldAl.
-- 
Algis Kabaila, MEngSc, PhD(Eng)
http://akabaila.pcug.org.au/StructuralAnalysis.pdf