On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, Keith Whitwell wrote: >What is wrong right now is that we can't get uptodate versions of the >repository to non-developers. > >Non-developers currently don't have BK, arch, subversion or even cvsup >installed. They do seem to often have CVS installed, and we've successfully >used it in the past to iterate test-debug-patch cycles. I don't think we can >expect them to be installing a new version tool to participate in that >existing process. > >A lot of them do have rsync, but even that wasn't installed by default in >redhat until pretty recently. It's also a lot less rich than cvs. > >So, anonymous cvs is probably our best bet for rapid distribution of changes >etc to users. > >This means two things > 1) we need to fix anonymous CVS now > 2) the discussion of developer version control system doesn't impact the fact >that we need to fix anonymous CVS access for non-developers, so is not to be >considered in any way urgent, imminent or even likely. > >If we ever did move to a different system, I think we'd want to keep an >anonymous CVS access for non-developer access. > >So, right now, the urgent thing is to find a reliable site to host our cvs, >including pserver anonymous cvs. > >No need for a flame war, talk of other version systems is basically idle >banter and healthy venting of frustration. I expect we'll be using cvs for >some time to come, if not longer.
I can start creating user accounts on freedesktop.org and setup whatever infrastructure is needed right away, assuming the project favours the idea. All I need is DRI project members to email me, [EMAIL PROTECTED], or [EMAIL PROTECTED] their ssh DSA keys, and let us know what is needed. I can set up user accounts, and provide admin access to those who need it as well. rsync/cvsup/etc. are either installed already or can be ready to go in short order also. I'll also need to know which email address anyone prefers to have their email forwarded to. dri.freedesktop.org sound good? -- Mike A. Harris ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
