issue-tracking + subversion (via svn+ssh)

[Ted Stern <do...@gmail.com>]

I'm attempting to coordinate issue-tracking software with my
subversion repository.

We have an existing Bugzilla database and an existing subversion
repository that is accessed via svn+ssh through a single account, as
described in the manual here:

http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.6/svn.serverconfig.svnserve.html#svn.serverconfig.svnserve.sshtricks.setup

I looked into using SCMBUG to do the coordination, but I have to be
running on the same server as the bugzilla database (which is handled
through the 'apache' user) and then need direct file access to the
subversion access, which I have restricted to the 'svnuser' user.

So at first, second and third glances, I don't see any way to do this.

Therefore I'm looking at using Trac instead: I can start a separate
Trac server under the 'svnuser' account, which would then have safe
direct file access to the subversion repository.

But this means that I have to convert my existing Bugzilla database to
Trac, and some users will have to learn a new tool, not to mention
getting management approval for a different process.

Has anyone else dealt with Bugzilla integration with a
restricted-access repository like this?  And if you abandoned
Bugzilla, what issue tracker did you use instead?

Thanks, Ted
-- 
 Frango ut patefaciam -- I break so that I may reveal

RE: issue-tracking + subversion (via svn+ssh)

["Cooke, Mark" <ma...@siemens.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ted Stern [mailto:dodecatheon@gmail.com] 
> Sent: 07 November 2011 23:23
> To: users@subversion.apache.org
> Cc: Nico Kadel-Garcia
> Subject: issue-tracking + subversion (via svn+ssh)
> 
> I'm attempting to coordinate issue-tracking software with my
> subversion repository.
> 
> We have an existing Bugzilla database and an existing subversion
> repository that is accessed via svn+ssh through a single account, as
> described in the manual here:
> 
> http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.6/svn.serverconfig.svnserve.h
tml#svn.serverconfig.svnserve.sshtricks.setup
> 
> I looked into using SCMBUG to do the coordination, but I have to be
> running on the same server as the bugzilla database (which is handled
> through the 'apache' user) and then need direct file access to the
> subversion access, which I have restricted to the 'svnuser' user.
> 
> So at first, second and third glances, I don't see any way to do this.
> 
> Therefore I'm looking at using Trac instead: I can start a separate
> Trac server under the 'svnuser' account, which would then have safe
> direct file access to the subversion repository.
> 
> But this means that I have to convert my existing Bugzilla database to
> Trac, and some users will have to learn a new tool, not to mention
> getting management approval for a different process.
> 
> Has anyone else dealt with Bugzilla integration with a
> restricted-access repository like this?  And if you abandoned
> Bugzilla, what issue tracker did you use instead?
> 
> Thanks, Ted
> 
I moved an old bugzilla database to Trac here, there are scripts to help you do it (although I had to fix the python version I used to make it work for us).  However, we serve both through apache on a single windoze server, so I cannot help with the restricted access part of your question...

~ mark c