Concepts and terms in TeamForge

Descriptions of concepts and terms in TeamForge.

• What does it mean to run CollabNet TeamForge on a virtual machine?
  CollabNet TeamForge can run as a virtual machine image in a VMWare Player. You get all the functionality of CollabNet TeamForge with the ease of installation and maintenance that comes with VMWare.
• What is a patch?
  A patch is a package of code that fixes or adds to the functionality of a CollabNet product. Patches are also known as "component upgrades."
• What is an instance set?
  Customizations for particular customers can be overlaid on the generic CollabNet TeamForge product in the form of an instance set.
• What is the look project?
  The look project contains special files that can override your site's default appearance and content, such as the default icons, fonts, colors, and labels.
• Can I brand a broadcast message?
  Yes, CollabNet TeamForge 6.0 Patch 3 lets you brand a broadcast message, if you are a site administrator.
• What wiki engine does SFEE use?
  SFEE currently uses the JSPWiki engine to render the wiki component pages in SFEE. You can visit the JSPWiki homepage at the link below. Please keep in mind that SFEE does restrict JSPWiki and not all functionality found on that site applies to the SFEE wiki (plugins, for example).
• Does CollabNet TeamForge support merge tracking?
  The Subversion repositories that are installed with CollabNet TeamForge run on Subversion 1.5, which supports merge tracking.
• What is a private IP address and what are the private IP ranges?
  Any IP address that falls specified ranges is a private IP address and is non-routable on the Internet.
• What is the vamessages.log used for?
  SourceForge records just about everything it's doing to this file. You can use this log to debug startup issues, performance issues, system errors, exid backtraces, JVM issues, SQL issues, etc.
• How do I use the SourceForge updater to manage backups of old versions of SourceForge?
  You can safely delete the items in your <sourceforge_base_install_directory>/sourceforge_home/backups as long as you are comfortable with your version of SourceForge , and have no desire to go back. This directory may also be safely omitted from your backup plan.