From owner-freebsd-cvsweb@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 16 20:15:02 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-cvsweb@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-cvsweb@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F63916A41F; Tue, 16 Aug 2005 20:15:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jchrist@eyesopen.com) Received: from ylpvm43.prodigy.net (ylpvm43-ext.prodigy.net [207.115.57.74]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A20A743D48; Tue, 16 Aug 2005 20:15:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jchrist@eyesopen.com) Received: from pimout2-ext.prodigy.net (pimout2-int.prodigy.net [207.115.4.217]) by ylpvm43.prodigy.net (8.12.10 outbound/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j7GKF75t029799; Tue, 16 Aug 2005 16:15:07 -0400 X-ORBL: [67.120.235.206] Received: from bill.eyesopen.com (adsl-67-120-235-206.dsl.sndg02.pacbell.net [67.120.235.206]) by pimout2-ext.prodigy.net (8.13.4 outbound domainkey aix/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j7GKEwHR129230; Tue, 16 Aug 2005 16:14:59 -0400 Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 13:14:58 -0700 (PDT) From: "Dr. Jon A. Christopher" To: freebsd-cvsweb@FreeBSD.org, scop@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: Subject: cvsweb feature request X-BeenThere: freebsd-cvsweb@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS Web maintenance mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 20:15:02 -0000 Hi there, I'm a big fan of the cvsweb tool, but there's something I think would make it much more useful. I requested this some months ago, and was told at the time that it a) was a good idea, b) should be easy and c) would be coming soon. It's been months, and a few releases, and it seems like it was lost in the shuffle, so please let me enter another plea for it: It'd be really great if CVSweb's "Age" column worked on directories, and told you when the last time a directory was modified. For instance, on the CVSweb page itself, instead of the current: File Rev. Age Author Last log entry css/ enscript/ icons/ ChangeLog 1.191 8 weeks scop Spelling fixes. INSTALL 1.36 6 months scop Release 3.0.5. NEWS 1.46 3 months scop Improved "Diff to" We'd see the most recent time anything in a directory was changed, and so would get this: File Rev. Age Author Last log entry css/ 12 months scop cvsweb.css:Combine CSS properties...... enscript/ 18 months scop lang_cvsweb_diff.st: Use a separate.... icons/ 2 years scop binary.gif: Show binary files with a... ChangeLog 1.191 8 weeks scop Spelling fixes. INSTALL 1.36 6 months scop Release 3.0.5. NEWS 1.46 3 months scop Improved "Diff to" That is, display the info for the most recently-changed file in a directory. That would be a tremendous help for tracking changes in a large project, if you just want to look at a directory and see what has changed. Currently, you have to descend into each subdirectory, which is a big pain. Pretty please? Thanks, Jon --- Dr. Jon A. Christopher OpenEye Scientific Software Solana Beach, CA www.eyesopen.com