Project Infrastructure

The project sources, web pages, and related tools are spread over a number of different services.

As discussed at OctConf 2017, we would like to consolidate and update some of these resources so that they are easier to keep track of and manage.

Here is a summary of what we are currently using:

jwe's DreamHost account

• octave.org domain registration and DNS records
  • Managed through DreamHost web hosting control panel web app thing.

Fosshost

• main project web site address (https://octave.org → https://www.gnu.org/software/octave)
• email forwarding
• Doxygen pages hosted here
• other pages redirect elsewhere (gnu.org/software/octave, octave.sourceforge.io)

packages.octave.org

• web site primarily so we can have a stable address for octave's pkg -forge command

wiki.octave.org

• MediaWiki installation
  • Additional skins installed:
    • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Skin:Minerva_Neue (Mobile skin)
  • Additional extensions installed:
    • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Math
    • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:MobileFrontend
    • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:PageNotice

buildbot.octave.org

• master server for our Buildbot installation

hg.octave.org

This site hosts mercurial repos.

• web-octave (Alex and Kai's new web pages)
• gnulib
• mirror of master hg archive for octave
• mxe-octave (see MXE)
• various octave clones

GNU Savannah

• https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/octave
• admin accounts: jwe, rik, jordigh, mtmiller

• bug tracker
• patch tracker
• task tracker
• mailing lists

• website https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/ redirects to https://octave.org
• master hg archive for octave https://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/

ftp.gnu.org

• https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/octave - Octave tarball sources
• https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/octave/windows - MS Windows binaries