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?

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Eric Anholt                                [EMAIL PROTECTED]          
http://people.freebsd.org/~anholt/         [EMAIL PROTECTED]




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