[magick-developers] Bugs with svn and website

[Thue Janus Kristensen]

Also, when trying to create a login on
http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/ the CAPCHA-image was not
shown (my browser displays a "this image is broken" icon). So it is
impossible to create new logins.

Regards, Thue

On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 10:00 AM, Thue Janus Kristensen <thuejk at gmail.com> wrote:
> Various problem reports:
>
>  I was trying to find the patch used for the following changelog entry:
>  2007-07-25 6.3.5-4 Cristy <quetzlzacatenango at image...>
>  # Remove extranous break statement so -type option properly sets the
>  image_info->type member (reference
>  http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=9261).
>
>  (It seemed most simple for me to just patch that one bug on my Debian
>  system, instead of going installing imagemagick outside the package
>  system)
>
>  To find the patch for the bug I first tried to download the subversion
>  repository using the instructions at
>  http://www.imagemagick.org/script/subversion.php , but got the error
>  t at h ~>  svn co https://www.imagemagick.org/subversion/ImageMagick/trunk
>  ImageMagick
>  svn: PROPFIND request failed on '/subversion/ImageMagick/trunk'
>  svn: PROPFIND of '/subversion/ImageMagick/trunk': 405 Method Not
>  Allowed (https://www.imagemagick.org)
>
>  Then I tried the online svn repository viewer at
>  http://www.imagemagick.org/viewvc/bin/cgi/viewvc.cgi/svn/ImageMagick/trunk/magick/coder.c?view=log
>  , but the change seemed to be so old I needed to view old revisions.
>  Trying to view old revisions using the input field at the bottom of
>  the page gave the error
>  An Exception Has Occurred
>  Invalid path(s) or revision(s) passed to diff
>  HTTP Response Status
>  400 Bad Request
>  Python Traceback
>  Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/var/www/html/ImageMagick/viewvc/lib/viewvc.py", line 3665, in main
>    request.run_viewvc()
>   File "/var/www/html/ImageMagick/viewvc/lib/viewvc.py", line 388, in run_viewvc
>    self.view_func(self)
>   File "/var/www/html/ImageMagick/viewvc/lib/viewvc.py", line 2678, in view_diff
>    p1, p2, rev1, rev2, sym1, sym2 = setup_diff(request)
>   File "/var/www/html/ImageMagick/viewvc/lib/viewvc.py", line 2629, in
>  setup_diff
>    p2 = _get_diff_path_parts(request, 'p2', rev2, request.pathrev)
>   File "/var/www/html/ImageMagick/viewvc/lib/viewvc.py", line 2579, in
>  _get_diff_path_parts
>    'to diff', '400 Bad Request')
>  ViewVCException: 400 Bad Request: Invalid path(s) or revision(s) passed to diff
>
>  But perhaps the revisions were in the online cvs tree viewer! Trying
>  that option from the top right of the svn viewer page, I got the
>  error:
>  An Exception Has Occurred
>  cvs not found!
>  The wrong path for this repository was configured, or the server on
>  which the CVS tree lives may be down. Please try again in a few
>  minutes.
>  Python Traceback
>  Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/var/www/html/ImageMagick/viewvc/lib/viewvc.py", line 3665, in main
>    request.run_viewvc()
>   File "/var/www/html/ImageMagick/viewvc/lib/viewvc.py", line 234, in run_viewvc
>    raise debug.ViewVCException(
>  ViewVCException: ViewVC Unrecoverable Error: cvs not found!
>  The wrong path for this repository was configured, or the server on
>  which the CVS tree lives may be down. Please try again in a few
>  minutes.
>
>  Now it seems I am out of options. I tried downloading the source code
>  of the two nearest revisions, but the diff was too large to easily
>  find the relevant bugfix. So would a developer be so kind as to
>  1) Fix downloading svn or 2) use svn to get and send me the patch for
>  the bugfix I referenced at the top of this email.
>
>  Addition:  When I first tried to send this email, I just an error back
>  6 hours later that I needed to be subscribed to the list (both
>  -developers and -users). The fact that you need to be subscribed
>  should be mentioned on
>  http://www.imagemagick.org/script/mailing-list.php , as it is
>  otherwise suboptimal to have to have your first email rejected to
>  found that out.
>
>  Thanks in advance :)
>  -Thue *slightly grumpy*
>