Review of Chapter 6: Server Configuration
C. Michael Pilato
cmpilato at red-bean.com
Sat Feb 24 23:22:47 CST 2007
Ben Collins-Sussman wrote:
> On 2/24/07, C. Michael Pilato <cmpilato at red-bean.com> wrote:
>
>> So, here's my counter-proposal:
>>
>> * Overview
>> texty texty
>> feature table
>> * Choosing a Server Configuration
>> intro blob
>> why/why-nots
>> summary (personal recommendations)
>
> Awesome! I've just committed exactly this, and it flows a lot better now.
Ah, very cool.
>> > Ah, good idea, I've renamed the whole section to "Tunning over SSH",
>> > since that's what it's really about.
>>
>> I hope you mean "Tunneling". :-)
>>
>> But, must it be over SSH that you tunnel? Could you not tunnel over
>> generic RSH?
>
> Yeah, you could use RSH, and that's mentioned as an example in the
> custom-tunneling feature, but I feel that it would be too generic to
> name the section "Tunneling svnserve". We've been talking about SSH
> as a 3rd major deployment option throughout the chapter up to this
> point, so I think it still makes sense to keep SSH in the spotlight
> (even if we happen to mention a generic tunneling mechanism as an
> aside.)
Yeah. I find myself often thinking about your "flipping through the
TOC" example. Here's one where "tunneling" just doesn't stand a chance
against "SSH".
--
C. Michael Pilato <cmpilato at red-bean.com>
"The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has
been found difficult; and left untried." -- G. K. Chesterton
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