Good point Garret,

This can get a bit tricky, but each repository can be different.  UMNAD
has managed to create plenty of individual units by applying some simple
standard naming conventions.

For example, I could only create repositories that start with enhs-.
    https://svn.umn.edu/enhs-myproject1

Perhaps a simple web-based repo management utility could handle who has
access to what.  Each department could have a set of admins, and those
admins could maintain the user access list.

--
Aaron

Garrett Kuchta wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I agree that having a centrally-supported repos is a good idea, but I
> don't necessarily know if SVN is the tool I'd pick.  For common-good
> utilities (like authentication modules, drupal mods, etc), managing
> the branching/merging from a large swath of disperete developers could
> get hairy.  I think something like GIT (http://git-scm.com/) or
> Mercurial (http://mercurial.selenic.com/) -- something which makes
> branching/merging less painful -- might be better at engendering a
> shared sense of ownership.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Garrett
>
> On 05/03/2010 01:48 PM, Debbie Gillespie wrote:
>> Setting up a repository that is accessed via the file system is very
>> easy to do and may be sufficient for many departments.  If you want an
>> svn repository that is accessed via https, that is more difficult.
>>
>> For our internal development, we have created a repository on a shared
>> drive.  My team can access the repository from the file system
>> (file:///<<path to repository>>) and via ssh (svn+ssh://<<server
>> name>>.<<path to repository>>).  Most of our research create svn
>> repository using the same method.  For our research groups that need to
>> share a repository with users outside the University, we provide
>> repositories that can be accessed via https.
>>
>> For our internal development, it would be easier for us to continue to
>> host it on our own servers.  However, I would be interested in using a
>> centrally hosted repository for our repositories hosted over https.
>>
>> -- 
>> Debbie Gillespie
>> Systems Staff
>> Department of Computer Science&  Engineering
>> University of MN
>>
>> Aaron J. Zirbes wrote:
>>> U of MN Developers,
>>>
>>> Is there anyone (besides me) out there on the list that feels that a
>>> common-good SVN service would be a good idea?  Bad idea?  Not sure?
>>>
>>> As a web, application and systems developer I feel that I couldn't
>>> do my
>>> job with out a proper revision control system (RCS).  It gives me a
>>> giant UNDO button for all of my projects to any commit point in time.
>>> It forces me to comment all my changes.  It gives me the confidence I
>>> need to make sweeping changes to a system without the worry of "how
>>> do I
>>> undo this?"
>>>
>>> Using SVN has become almost trivial as most development platforms
>>> (Adobe
>>> Dreamweaver included) support SVN out of the box.
>>>
>>> We run our own subversion (SVN) server at EnHS for our department's
>>> needs, but I'd be willing to guess that most departments do not.
>>>
>>> I know not all departments are large enough to support their own SVN
>>> server, but I feel that any one who isn't using some sort of RCS in
>>> their web development is suffering because of it.  It is putting
>>> developers and their work at too much risk.  I think that all
>>> developers
>>> at the U should have access to SVN, but for that to happen, U of MN
>>> central would have to set it up as a common-good service.
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Aaron
>>>
>