From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jul 24 15:16:36 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id PAA20618 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 24 Jul 1996 15:16:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lestat.nas.nasa.gov (lestat.nas.nasa.gov [129.99.50.29]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id PAA20613 for ; Wed, 24 Jul 1996 15:16:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lestat.nas.nasa.gov (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id PAA11368; Wed, 24 Jul 1996 15:09:49 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199607242209.PAA11368@lestat.nas.nasa.gov> X-Authentication-Warning: lestat.nas.nasa.gov: Host localhost [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: "Marc G. Fournier" Cc: Nate Williams , Julian Assange , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: anoncvs Reply-To: Jason Thorpe From: Jason Thorpe Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 15:09:48 -0700 Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 24 Jul 1996 17:49:23 -0400 (EDT) "Marc G. Fournier" wrote: > I've had users ask me fo rthis for the postgres95 repository, > and the argument they used was tha twith CVS, they don't have to deal > with having *(their* changes overwritten, cvs will merge the new changes > from the repository in with the changes they have made... > > Can sup do this? No, it can't (well, there is the "backup" option...), however... In my opinion, if the user wants to mantain changes across releases of a code base, then they should import that code base into _their own_ repository. Using anoncvs to maintain local changes is just an exercise in poor source code management. What anoncvs _is_ useful for, IMO, is reading logs and viewing diffs. This is quite feasible with FreeBSD's current offerings (especiall the cvsweb stuff...) -- save the ancient forests - http://www.bayarea.net/~thorpej/forest/ -- Jason R. Thorpe thorpej@nas.nasa.gov NASA Ames Research Center Home: 408.866.1912 NAS: M/S 258-6 Work: 415.604.0935 Moffett Field, CA 94035 Pager: 415.428.6939