Ask the Geeks (code collaboration)...

I'm after a code collaboration system with a web interface, do any of you know one that's free?

Requirements:
-PHP5.
-If it needs a DB, MySQL5+.
-Linux (therefore runs under Apache HTTPD).

TIA.

Originally Posted by Baph

I'm after a code collaboration system with a web interface, do any of you know one that's free?

Requirements:
-PHP5.
-If it needs a DB, MySQL5+.
-Linux (therefore runs under Apache HTTPD).

TIA.

Think you even out geeked the .org there, Baph!

Originally Posted by lukemillar

Think you even out geeked the .org there, Baph!

It looks like it mate, but I've just opted to use phpCollab & "modify" it to suit purpose.

[timwilky]

have a look at mindquarry, I am not sure as to its development plans lately

[lazymanc]

Code collaboration? Do you mean like a bugtracker / dev project management app or a source control management tool?

Dev manangement / trackers:
We use Trac at work but that's Python based (and a bit of a mare to install last time I did it).
Jira is supposedly excellent but not free (and Java based).

Source Code Management:
Obvious ones are Subversion (SVN) and GIT. SVN is centralised (you have a central store and everyone commits to it, with only the most recent changes stored locally) and GIT is distributed (everyone has a full copy of the entire history of the project stored locally).

Originally Posted by timwilky

have a look at mindquarry, I am not sure as to its development plans lately

Cheers Tim, I've got a solution to the problem now, but MindQuarry will be used for something else.

Originally Posted by lazymanc

Code collaboration? Do you mean like a bugtracker / dev project management app or a source control management tool?

Both in one, not asking for much am I?

Originally Posted by lazymanc

Dev manangement / trackers:
We use Trac at work but that's Python based (and a bit of a mare to install last time I did it).
Jira is supposedly excellent but not free (and Java based).

Source Code Management:
Obvious ones are Subversion (SVN) and GIT. SVN is centralised (you have a central store and everyone commits to it, with only the most recent changes stored locally) and GIT is distributed (everyone has a full copy of the entire history of the project stored locally).

Trac & Jira are more issue/ticket tracking applications. SVN/CVS/GIT would require a seperate web interface.

Not that I'm picky.

Anyway, what I've done is setup phpCollab (Project Management/Tasks), which has an interface ready for Mantis (Bug/Support ticket tracking system). I've then used phpCollab's update routines to hack in SVN for documents within the entire job lot.

All of it has a single signon, uses the same DB schema, and is relatively secure. My colleague was pretty impressed I'd managed to go from nothing to completely operational in about 3 hours.

Previously I've used the Joel on Software bug tracking product....

and Source Gear Vault....

and Visual Source Safe.....

not that that'll be any use to you....

[lazymanc]

Both Jira and Trac have repository browsers for SVN/CVS built in, not sure if they do GIT yet though.

GITHUB has a lot of good press at the minute but I've yet to use it.

Why is it that i should know about this stuff but every time i read what you are on about it baffles me? doesnt college teach me anything now days? tsssk

[lazymanc]

Originally Posted by Holdup

Why is it that i should know about this stuff but every time i read what you are on about it baffles me? doesnt college teach me anything now days? tsssk

Why what course are you doing holdup?

There's nothing complex to it really, they're just bits of software that keep a history of changes to your code.