"James Youngman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 26, 2007 10:55 AM, James Youngman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Essentially it checks gnulib out using "cvs checkout -D" to get a >> reproducible version and then imports the indicated modules. The >> config file and the script which reads it are checked into CVS and >> included in findutils releases. > > Eric Blake just told me that in fact git-cvspserver silently does not > support "update -D" and so this technique actually does the wrong > thing. I guess findutils will need to move to obtaining the current > gnulib via git. It's slightly disappointing that this introduces an > extra dependency on git for people checking the findutils code out of > CVS. Details at http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?21568
Hi James, I'm feel about CVS the way I've felt about K&R C for years now. It's worth supporting if doing so is really easy (i.e., "automatic"), but when it starts to require too much extra work, then I leave it behind. If you're interested in switching findutils to git -- or even just mirroring cvs-to-git for starters, let me know and I'll set it up. Jim
