On Tue, 2003-09-02 at 16:42, Mike A. Harris wrote: > 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?
I love the idea of moving to freedesktop.org right now to deal with the anonymous cvs issue, provide cvsup, and probably a more responsive set of admins. Is there consensus on this? -- Eric Anholt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.freebsd.org/~anholt/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- 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
