Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 18:51:06 +0100 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?K=F6vesd=E1n_G=E1bor?= <gabor.kovesdan@t-hosting.hu> To: Maxime Henrion <mux@FreeBSD.org> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.org, current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Importing csup into base Message-ID: <4405DF0A.7080101@t-hosting.hu> In-Reply-To: <20060301170306.GZ55746@elvis.mu.org> References: <20060301170306.GZ55746@elvis.mu.org>
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Maxime Henrion wrote: > Hey all, > > >I have released a new snapshot of csup a few minutes ago, called >csup-snap-20060301. You can grab it at http://mu.org/~mux/csup.html. >This last snapshot finally brings in support for the refuse files, as >well as the -i <pattern> and -A <localaddr> options. At this point, >csup is pretty much feature complete as far as checkout mode is >concerned. To sum things up, besides CVS mode, the only features >missing are : > > - Authentication (rarely used, plus someone has a patch for this), > - Executes (shell commands sent by the server, even more rarely used), > - The -k and -d <limit> options and the "destDir" parameters that are > more debugging features than real features, > - An Xaw3d GUI (just kidding). > >So I think it is now time to import csup in FreeBSD base system so that >our users finally have a way to update their sources with a bare >install, and am requesting comments/opinions/problem reports on the >matter as long as it doesn't degenerate into a bikeshed. > >For those interested in CVS mode, I'll now start working on this soon, >but cannot guarantee that I'll ever have it finished. I've been >unemployed for a few months now which allowed me to get this far, but I >will soon need to get a new job for obvious reasons. If you would like >to see CVS mode happening and can spare some money, please consider >making a donation to my Paypal account (id mux@FreeBSD.org). I take >advantage of this mail to thank Garance Drosehn that has generously >donated me some money to help me on this task already. > > > Thanks a lot, csup is very great: fast and lightweight. :) CVSup was a huge pain to install. I hope you'll get enough donation to implement the cvs mode, too. :) Regards, Gabor Kovesdan
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