User talk:Elangelo

trying to check on the svn adding of modules...

Once you've written your own module you can commit these to the official moonbase. Once they have been reviewed twice by another developper they will be put into the real moonbase and all lunar users will be able to use your commited work.

There are actually 2 ways to get your modules into moonbase.

First Method - Use lvu

[source : Auke Kok - mailing list]

because I get the idea that the 'lvu submit' code actually works and people are happy to use it, I've made some changes to the code that require some explanation. Read and you will see how easy it will be to edit your own module changes:

Step 1: - copy a module to zlocal for editing

Suppose there is a new module out for module arpwatch. You'd have to figure out in which section this module sits, edit the module file, submit it etc. This can now be done easier with 'lvu edit':

$ lvu edit arpwatch Copied "arpwatch" from "net" Edit your module in "/var/lib/lunar/moonbase/zlocal/arpwatch"

You can now jump straight to that directory or use

$ lvu cd arpwatch

Step 2: make your changes

Make sure you *test* your module afterwards by linning it. Check 'lvu install $MODULE' and look if all files look installed OK. Make sure it works too, by running the application.

Step 3: submitting your changes

$ lvu submit arpwatch

You are presented an e-mail-template. Edit the From: line and insert an email address that is valid. You can edit the information in the template to signify whether a module is a new module, update or security update etc. Currently the default is to submit the modules to the lunar@ mailinglist. Until we have a submission handler you will need to be subscribed to this mailinglist to actually do a submission.

Step 4: remove your local changes

You might want to make sure you don't actually downgrade your module by doing a 'lunar hold $MODULE'. This will postpone any update and make sure you keep your local version installed. Once you see the update in moonbase you should remove your local copy immediately and verify that your changes have arrived properly in moonbase:

$ lvu unedit arpwatch Removed "arpwatch" from "zlocal" $ lin -c arpwatch

Second Method - svn-access

First you have to get an developper account :