Skype script/bot for SVN update notices (Xvfb related)
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2013 6:52 am
Howdy. Apologies if this has come up before, but I did some browsing and searching and couldn't see/find anything.
I just grabbed a KVM9 package, primarily to host an SVN repo for a game mod group I'm part of, after our former hosting arrangement ended. I'm also planning to run a couple of smaller repos for my business, for software source code and documents, amongst some other things. I know nothing about Linux, so this is something of a terrifying adventure outside my comfort zone. Fortunately though I do have a friend that has experience with it, and he is helping me do the basic setup.
Anyway, I stumbled across something that looked pretty cool, but it seems it might not be possible (or advisable anyway) to run, so I wanted to get some feedback. There is a Python script called Sevabot that can make use of the Linux Skype client to do a number of things, one of which is monitor an SVN and post any updates to a Skype channel (see here). I thought that sounded quite useful, given that we use a Skype channel to communicate/organise, but it seems the requirements of the Skype client (not the bot itself) may be too much overhead for a VPS, and my guru advised against it. This is the Sevabot install info for Ubuntu (I'm running 12.04 64bit) - https://sevabot-skype-bot.readthedocs.o ... buntu.html I gather the primary issue is with Xvfb (and related processes).
What are people's thoughts on this? Is it indeed too much for a VPS?
I just grabbed a KVM9 package, primarily to host an SVN repo for a game mod group I'm part of, after our former hosting arrangement ended. I'm also planning to run a couple of smaller repos for my business, for software source code and documents, amongst some other things. I know nothing about Linux, so this is something of a terrifying adventure outside my comfort zone. Fortunately though I do have a friend that has experience with it, and he is helping me do the basic setup.
Anyway, I stumbled across something that looked pretty cool, but it seems it might not be possible (or advisable anyway) to run, so I wanted to get some feedback. There is a Python script called Sevabot that can make use of the Linux Skype client to do a number of things, one of which is monitor an SVN and post any updates to a Skype channel (see here). I thought that sounded quite useful, given that we use a Skype channel to communicate/organise, but it seems the requirements of the Skype client (not the bot itself) may be too much overhead for a VPS, and my guru advised against it. This is the Sevabot install info for Ubuntu (I'm running 12.04 64bit) - https://sevabot-skype-bot.readthedocs.o ... buntu.html I gather the primary issue is with Xvfb (and related processes).
What are people's thoughts on this? Is it indeed too much for a VPS?
