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From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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Subject: Re: Source code commits 
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> I suggested a sort of "write-through" validation/submission system for
> the CVS tree a year ago, where anyone could "commit" to the source
> tree but for those people who weren't actually authorized to commit
> directly, what would happen instead is that the diffs would be
> automagically sent to the person or persons actually responsible for
> the code in question, and they would review and optionally commit it.

Aieee, why go for trivial solutions when we can do something much more
useful (and difficult).

I think it would be easier to rewrite CVS from scratch. :)


Nate