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1SvnBot
2
3   A commit notification bot
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5   SvnBot is intended to be a small, simple, IRC bot that sends out a
6   message when a commit is made to a repository.
7
8   Other projects exist that cover similar functionality:
9
10     * The CIA Open Source Notification System[1] tracks project
11       activities and presents some statistics about projects. It has
12       the ability to provide notification via an IRC bot.
13
14     * whippingboy[2] is an IRC bot (thought to be a Supybot[3] with an
15       RSS plugin) that polls the timeline for projects using Trac,
16       notifying on any new changes, including commits to the
17       repository.
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19   The main reasons for creating yet another bot were for its
20   simplicity, and as a personal programming exercise.
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22
23Requirements
24
25   SvnBot is written in Python, and uses the Twisted API:
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27     * Python (>=2.2), from http://python.org/
28     * Twisted 1.3, from http://twistedmatrix.com/
29       (untested in Twisted 2)
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31
32Downloading
33
34   There is no convenient package to download yet. Instead, make sure
35   you have Subversion[4] installed and grab the latest development
36   version from the repository:
37
38 svn checkout \
39     http://svn.sward.vm.bytemark.co.uk/repos/misc/svnbot/trunk svnbot
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41
42Configuration and Usage
43
44   There are no configuration files yet. Just edit svnbot.py to change
45   the IRC server and channel, and run with:
46
47 twistd -oy svnbot.py
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50License
51
52   Svnbot is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
53   under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License[5] as
54   published by the Free Software Foundation.[6]
55
56   Svnbot is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
57   ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
58   FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public
59   License[5] for more details.
60
61   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License[5]
62   along with Svnbot; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
63   Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
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66References
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68   1. http://cia.navi.cx/
69   2. http://whippingboy.homeunix.org/
70   3. http://supybot.com/
71   4. http://subversion.tigris.org/
72   5. http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl.html
73   6. http://www.fsf.org/
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