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File www/index.wiki part of check-in [11976cfdc2] - Add the "index.wiki" wiki page. Fix a bug in the wiki rendering engine. The page displays now, but not correctly - there are clearly additional bugs to be found and fixed. by drh on 2007-09-02 02:01:35. Also file www/index.wiki part of check-in [bbcb6326c9] - Pulled in the navbar and timeline changes. by aku on 2007-09-17 00:58:51. [view]
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File www/index.wiki part of check-in [d87ca60c58] - initial ports of static .html to static /doc .wiki by stephan on 2008-05-15 20:25:46. [view]
@@ -1,26 +1,31 @@ -<title>Fossil SCM Homepage</title> +<h1>Fossil - A Software Configuration Management System</h1> +<p> This is a preliminary homepage for a new software configuration management system called "Fossil". The system is -<a href="http://fossil-scm.hwaci.com/fossil/timeline">self-hosting</a> on +<a href="http://www.fossil-scm.org/fossil/timeline">self-hosting</a> on <a href="http://www.hwaci.com/cgi-bin/fossil/timeline">two separate servers</a>. You can download the lastest sources compile it yourself using the instructions below. +Or you can grab +<a href="http://www.fossil-scm.org/download.html">precompiled binaries</a>. +</p> -<h2>Design Goals For Fossil:</h1> +<p>Design Goals For Fossil:</p> <ul> <li>Supports disconnected, distributed development (like <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4982">git</a>, -<a href="http://www.venge.net/monotone/">monotone</a>, +<a href="http://www.monotone.ca/">monotone</a>, <a href="http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi">mercurial</a>, or <a href="http://www.bitkeeper.com/">bitkeeper</a>) or client/server operation (like <a href="http://www.nongnu.org/cvs/">CVS</a> or -<a href="http://subversion.tigris.org/">subversion</a>) -or both at the same time</li> +<a href="http://subversion.tigris.org/">subversion</a>), +or operations on local repositories, +or all three at the same time</li> <li>Integrated bug tracking and wiki, along the lines of <a href="http://www.cvstrac.org/">CVSTrac</a> and <a href="http://www.edgewall.com/trac/">Trac</a>.</li> <li>Built-in web interface that supports deep archaeological digs through @@ -42,21 +47,21 @@ Any unique prefix is sufficient to identify a file or version - usually the first 4 or 5 characters suffice.</li> <li>The file format is trival and requires nothing more complex than a text editor and the "sha1sum" command-line utility to decode.</li> -<li>Automatic <a href="selfcheck.html">self-check</a> +<li>Automatic <a href="selfcheck.wiki">self-check</a> on repository changes makes it exceedingly unlikely that data will ever be lost because of a software bug.</li> </ul> -<h2>Objectives Of Fossil:</h2> +<p>Objectives Of Fossil:</p> <ul> <li>Fossil should be ridiculously easy to -<a href="build.html">install</a> and -<a href="quickstart.html">operate</a>.</li> +<a href="build.wiki">install</a> and +<a href="quickstart.wiki">operate</a>.</li> <li>With fossil, it should be possible (and -<a href="quickstart.html#serversetup">easy</a>) to set up a project +<a href="quickstart.wiki#serversetup">easy</a>) to set up a project on an inexpensive shared-hosting ISP (example: <a href="http://www.he.net/hosting.html">Hurricane Electric</a>) that provides nothing more than web space and CGI capability. Here is <a href="http://www.hwaci.com/cgi-bin/fossil/timeline">a demo</a>.</li> @@ -72,17 +77,37 @@ <p>Other Links:</p> <ul> -<li>The <a href="concepts.html">concepts</b> behind fossil</li> -<li><a href="build.html">Building And Installing</a></li> -<li><a href="quickstart.html">Quick Start</a> guide to using fossil -<li><a href="pop.html">Principals Of Operation</a></li> -<li>The <a href="selfcheck.html">automatic self-check</a> mechanism +<li>The <a href="concepts.wiki">concepts</b> behind fossil</li> +<li><a href="build.wiki">Building And Installing</a></li> +<li><a href="quickstart.wiki">Quick Start</a> guide to using fossil +<li><a href="pop.wiki">Principles Of Operation</a></li> +<li>The <a href="selfcheck.wiki">automatic self-check</a> mechanism helps insure project integrity.</li> -<li>The <a href="fileformat.html">file format</a> used by every content +<li>The <a href="fileformat.wiki">file format</a> used by every content file stored in the repository.</li> -<li>The <a href="delta_format.html">format of deltas</a> used to +<li>The <a href="delta_format.wiki">format of deltas</a> used to efficiently store changes between file revisions.</li> <li>The <a href="delta_encoder_algorithm.html">encoder algorithm</a> used to efficiently generate deltas.</li> +<li>The <a href="sync.wiki">synchronization protocol</a>.</li> +<li>There is a <a href="http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users"> + mailing list</a> available for discussing fossil issues.</li> +<li>The <a href="http://www.fossil-scm.org/fossil/wiki">self-hosting + fossil wiki</a>, capable of hosting static pages and community-editable wiki + content.</li> +</ul> + +<p>Competing Projects:</p> + +<ul> +<li><a href="http://www.ditrack.org/">DITrace</a> + - A Distributed Issue Tracker</li> +<li><a href="http://www.distract.wellquite.org/">DisTract</a> + - Another distributed issue tracker based on + <a href="http://www.monotone.ca/">monotone</a>.</li> +<li><a href="http://www.monotone.ca/">Monotone</a> - distributed + SCM in a single-file executable with a single-file SQLite + database repository.</li> </ul> +