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  • ControlG
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    I use subversion on my Dreamhost package at www.dreamhost.com

    It's worth a look. If you choose it you get a healthy discount using the DREAMSAVING promocode too!

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  • Board Game Geek
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    Aha, I think I know...

    One place I used to work used to have a server in-house where the programmers stored code using something called rational rose, I think.

    The idea was so that they could roll-back to previous versions and stuff.

    Is Subversion the same sort of thing, except that it allows for collaboration over the interweb thingie instead ?

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  • barry_abs
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    Originally posted by Board Game Geek View Post
    "what is a subversion server ?"
    a server running subversion - version controlling source code repository.. like CVS, if you've ever downloaded opensource software (for example).

    most routers kludge WOL packets, its annoying..

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  • Board Game Geek
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    subversion server
    What's that ?

    I did a google but got loads of hits on how to set one up, whereas I just wanted a "what is a subversion server ?"

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  • VectraMan
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    Originally posted by PatrickN
    If your motherboard supports it then you can use Wake-on-LAN to wake up the PC. The specifics will be dependant on your platform.
    Yes WOL was what I'd used before, but I could never get it to work externally.

    Interestingly that talks about Linksys routers giving web access to send a WOL packet on the LAN, which may solve the problem.

    Alternatively, how about setting up subversion on a remote server on the internet.
    I had thought of that, and there's one I could use, but there's the security aspect as well as the hassle of uploading all the data in the first place.

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  • VectraMan
    started a topic Remote power on

    Remote power on

    Is there any sensible way of doing this:

    I have a subversion server working over https that's connected behind a netgear ADSL router. It gets occasional use, by remote and local clients, maybe only once a week for a short time.

    Ideally I'd like to set it up so that it can power up in response to a request, and then switch itself back off again after half an hour or so of inactivity.

    I did find a way of doing a remote power on before, but it involved connecting over VPN and then using remote desktop to a PC already on on a LAN and running a program to send something over a LAN. All a bit long winded, and in this case the only thing being left on is the router.
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