Fossil SCM

Update the homepage. Substitute the "Self-host Friendly" point in place of "Simple Networking".

drh 2021-01-10 13:48 trunk
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 <title>Home</title>
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 <h3>What Is Fossil?</h3>
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-<div style='width:200px;float:right;border:2px solid #446979;padding:10px;margin:0px 10px;'>
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+<div style='width:200px;float:right;border:2px solid #446979;padding:0 0 10px 0;margin:0 0px 10px 10px;'>
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 <ul>
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 <li> [/uv/download.html | Download]
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 <li> [./quickstart.wiki | Quick Start]
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 <li> [./build.wiki | Install]
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 <li> [https://fossil-scm.org/forum | Support/Forum ]
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 <li> [./userlinks.wiki | User Links]
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 <li> [./hacker-howto.wiki | Hacker How-To]
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 <li> [./fossil-v-git.wiki | Fossil vs. Git]
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 <li> [./permutedindex.html | Documentation Index]
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 </ul>
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-<img src="fossil3.gif" align="center">
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+<center><img src="fossil3.gif" align="center"></center>
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 </div>
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 <p>Fossil is a simple, high-reliability, distributed software configuration
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 management system with these advanced features:
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- 1. <b>Integrated Bug Tracking, Wiki, Forum, and Technotes</b> -
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+ 1. <b>Integrated Project Management</b> -
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 In addition to doing [./concepts.wiki | distributed version control]
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 like Git and Mercurial,
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 Fossil also supports [./bugtheory.wiki | bug tracking],
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 [./wikitheory.wiki | wiki], [./forum.wiki | forum], [./chat.md | chat], and
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 [./event.wiki | technotes].
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 When you clone Fossil from one of its
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 [./selfhost.wiki | self-hosting repositories],
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 you get more than just source code - you get this entire website.
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 3. <b>Self-Contained</b> -
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- Fossil is a single self-contained stand-alone executable.
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+ Fossil is a single stand-alone executable.
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 To install, simply download a
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 [/uv/download.html | precompiled binary]
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 for Linux, Mac, or Windows and put it on your $PATH.
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 [./build.wiki | Easy-to-compile source code] is also available.
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- 4. <b>Simple Networking</b> -
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- No custom protocols or TCP ports.
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- Fossil uses ordinary HTTP (or HTTPS or SSH)
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+
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+ 4. <b>Self-host Friendly</b> - Stand up a project website using
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+ in minutes using [./server/ | a variety of techniques].
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+ Fossil is CPU and memory efficient. Most projects can be
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+ hosted comfortably on a $5/month VPS or a Raspberry Pi.
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+ You can also set up an automatic
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+ [./mirrortogithub.md | GitHub mirror].
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+
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+ 5. <b>Simple Networking</b> -
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+ Fossil uses ordinary HTTPS (or SSH if you prefer)
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 for network communications, so it works fine from behind
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- restrictive firewalls, including [./quickstart.wiki#proxy|proxies].
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+ firewalls and [./quickstart.wiki#proxy|proxies].
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 The protocol is
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 [./stats.wiki | bandwidth efficient] to the point that Fossil can be
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- used comfortably over dial-up or over the exceedingly slow Wifi on
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- airliners.
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-
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- 5. <b>Simple Server Setup</b> - No server is required, but if you want to
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- set one up, Fossil supports [./server/ | several different server
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- configurations] including CGI, SCGI, and direct HTTP.
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- You can also easily set up your Fossil repository to automatically
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- [./mirrortogithub.md | mirror content on GitHub].
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- The server is CPU and memory efficient. You can comfortably run multiple
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- project websites off of a single $5/month VPS or a Raspberry Pi.
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+ used comfortably over dial-up, weak 3G, or airliner Wifi.
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 6. <b>Autosync</b> -
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 Fossil supports [./concepts.wiki#workflow | "autosync" mode]
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 which helps to keep projects moving
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 forward by reducing the amount of needless
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 in an SQLite database so that transactions are
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 atomic even if interrupted by a power loss or system crash.
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 Automatic [./selfcheck.wiki | self-checks] verify that all aspects of
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 the repository are consistent prior to each commit.
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- 8. <b>Free and Open-Source</b> - Uses the [../COPYRIGHT-BSD2.txt|2-clause BSD license].
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+ 8. <b>Free and Open-Source</b> - [../COPYRIGHT-BSD2.txt|2-clause BSD license].
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 <hr>
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 <h3>Latest Release: 2.13 ([/timeline?c=version-2.13|2020-11-01])</h3>
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 * [/uv/download.html|Download]
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--- www/index.wiki
+++ www/index.wiki
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
1 <title>Home</title>
2
3 <h3>What Is Fossil?</h3>
4
5 <div style='width:200px;float:right;border:2px solid #446979;padding:10px;margin:0px 10px;'>
6 <ul>
7 <li> [/uv/download.html | Download]
8 <li> [./quickstart.wiki | Quick Start]
9 <li> [./build.wiki | Install]
10 <li> [https://fossil-scm.org/forum | Support/Forum ]
@@ -14,17 +14,17 @@
14 <li> [./userlinks.wiki | User Links]
15 <li> [./hacker-howto.wiki | Hacker How-To]
16 <li> [./fossil-v-git.wiki | Fossil vs. Git]
17 <li> [./permutedindex.html | Documentation Index]
18 </ul>
19 <img src="fossil3.gif" align="center">
20 </div>
21
22 <p>Fossil is a simple, high-reliability, distributed software configuration
23 management system with these advanced features:
24
25 1. <b>Integrated Bug Tracking, Wiki, Forum, and Technotes</b> -
26 In addition to doing [./concepts.wiki | distributed version control]
27 like Git and Mercurial,
28 Fossil also supports [./bugtheory.wiki | bug tracking],
29 [./wikitheory.wiki | wiki], [./forum.wiki | forum], [./chat.md | chat], and
30 [./event.wiki | technotes].
@@ -45,33 +45,31 @@
45 When you clone Fossil from one of its
46 [./selfhost.wiki | self-hosting repositories],
47 you get more than just source code - you get this entire website.
48
49 3. <b>Self-Contained</b> -
50 Fossil is a single self-contained stand-alone executable.
51 To install, simply download a
52 [/uv/download.html | precompiled binary]
53 for Linux, Mac, or Windows and put it on your $PATH.
54 [./build.wiki | Easy-to-compile source code] is also available.
55
56 4. <b>Simple Networking</b> -
57 No custom protocols or TCP ports.
58 Fossil uses ordinary HTTP (or HTTPS or SSH)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
59 for network communications, so it works fine from behind
60 restrictive firewalls, including [./quickstart.wiki#proxy|proxies].
61 The protocol is
62 [./stats.wiki | bandwidth efficient] to the point that Fossil can be
63 used comfortably over dial-up or over the exceedingly slow Wifi on
64 airliners.
65
66 5. <b>Simple Server Setup</b> - No server is required, but if you want to
67 set one up, Fossil supports [./server/ | several different server
68 configurations] including CGI, SCGI, and direct HTTP.
69 You can also easily set up your Fossil repository to automatically
70 [./mirrortogithub.md | mirror content on GitHub].
71 The server is CPU and memory efficient. You can comfortably run multiple
72 project websites off of a single $5/month VPS or a Raspberry Pi.
73
74 6. <b>Autosync</b> -
75 Fossil supports [./concepts.wiki#workflow | "autosync" mode]
76 which helps to keep projects moving
77 forward by reducing the amount of needless
@@ -83,11 +81,11 @@
83 in an SQLite database so that transactions are
84 atomic even if interrupted by a power loss or system crash.
85 Automatic [./selfcheck.wiki | self-checks] verify that all aspects of
86 the repository are consistent prior to each commit.
87
88 8. <b>Free and Open-Source</b> - Uses the [../COPYRIGHT-BSD2.txt|2-clause BSD license].
89
90 <hr>
91 <h3>Latest Release: 2.13 ([/timeline?c=version-2.13|2020-11-01])</h3>
92
93 * [/uv/download.html|Download]
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--- www/index.wiki
+++ www/index.wiki
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
1 <title>Home</title>
2
3 <h3>What Is Fossil?</h3>
4
5 <div style='width:200px;float:right;border:2px solid #446979;padding:0 0 10px 0;margin:0 0px 10px 10px;'>
6 <ul>
7 <li> [/uv/download.html | Download]
8 <li> [./quickstart.wiki | Quick Start]
9 <li> [./build.wiki | Install]
10 <li> [https://fossil-scm.org/forum | Support/Forum ]
@@ -14,17 +14,17 @@
14 <li> [./userlinks.wiki | User Links]
15 <li> [./hacker-howto.wiki | Hacker How-To]
16 <li> [./fossil-v-git.wiki | Fossil vs. Git]
17 <li> [./permutedindex.html | Documentation Index]
18 </ul>
19 <center><img src="fossil3.gif" align="center"></center>
20 </div>
21
22 <p>Fossil is a simple, high-reliability, distributed software configuration
23 management system with these advanced features:
24
25 1. <b>Integrated Project Management</b> -
26 In addition to doing [./concepts.wiki | distributed version control]
27 like Git and Mercurial,
28 Fossil also supports [./bugtheory.wiki | bug tracking],
29 [./wikitheory.wiki | wiki], [./forum.wiki | forum], [./chat.md | chat], and
30 [./event.wiki | technotes].
@@ -45,33 +45,31 @@
45 When you clone Fossil from one of its
46 [./selfhost.wiki | self-hosting repositories],
47 you get more than just source code - you get this entire website.
48
49 3. <b>Self-Contained</b> -
50 Fossil is a single stand-alone executable.
51 To install, simply download a
52 [/uv/download.html | precompiled binary]
53 for Linux, Mac, or Windows and put it on your $PATH.
54 [./build.wiki | Easy-to-compile source code] is also available.
55
56
57 4. <b>Self-host Friendly</b> - Stand up a project website using
58 in minutes using [./server/ | a variety of techniques].
59 Fossil is CPU and memory efficient. Most projects can be
60 hosted comfortably on a $5/month VPS or a Raspberry Pi.
61 You can also set up an automatic
62 [./mirrortogithub.md | GitHub mirror].
63
64 5. <b>Simple Networking</b> -
65 Fossil uses ordinary HTTPS (or SSH if you prefer)
66 for network communications, so it works fine from behind
67 firewalls and [./quickstart.wiki#proxy|proxies].
68 The protocol is
69 [./stats.wiki | bandwidth efficient] to the point that Fossil can be
70 used comfortably over dial-up, weak 3G, or airliner Wifi.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
71
72 6. <b>Autosync</b> -
73 Fossil supports [./concepts.wiki#workflow | "autosync" mode]
74 which helps to keep projects moving
75 forward by reducing the amount of needless
@@ -83,11 +81,11 @@
81 in an SQLite database so that transactions are
82 atomic even if interrupted by a power loss or system crash.
83 Automatic [./selfcheck.wiki | self-checks] verify that all aspects of
84 the repository are consistent prior to each commit.
85
86 8. <b>Free and Open-Source</b> - [../COPYRIGHT-BSD2.txt|2-clause BSD license].
87
88 <hr>
89 <h3>Latest Release: 2.13 ([/timeline?c=version-2.13|2020-11-01])</h3>
90
91 * [/uv/download.html|Download]
92

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