[ On Friday, March 3, 2000 at 09:19:44 (-0500), Noel L Yap wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: removing the need for "cvs add file" to contact the server....
>
>
> OK, then, why do you say it's essential. Also, my poll says otherwise. Noone
> has responded to my poll saying that they agree that "cvs add empty-hier" should
> not create CVS admin directories (I suppose I can count you as one person who
> agrees with it). One person was neutral. Two disagree with it.
You didn't ask that question! Your poll results are irrelevant to it!
> 1. How is the creation/non-creation of the CVS admin directory invisible?
Since you're not supposed to even look at the CVS administrative
directory its presence or absence is effectively invisible to you.
> 2. It is of concern since this visible discrepancy will confuse people.
Get over it!
> > You are
> >not allowed to play with CVS' administrative files -- they are only for
> >the use of CVS.
>
> But their existence does tell you how CVS will function within those
> directories.
Only by accidental inferal. If CVS had chosen the slightly less
portable option of calling this directory ".CVS" instead then it would
have been much more invisible.... Actually trying the command is a far
more reliable a way to find out how it will function.
> 1. No future effort is saved if the ignore facilities are properly used.
This may be true but you should well know by now that one cannot
guarantee the right ignore lists are in place at all times, and
particularly not at the time a "cvs add" might be done.
> 2. Beware of premature optimisation.
in this case turning my own argument against me isn't going to work! ;-)
> The ignore facilities are sufficient for this optimisation. No extra effort on
> the part of "cvs add" are necessary.
No, they are not, no matter how much you or I might want thom to be.
This is not a single-faceted problem witn only one solution.
In any case why are you continuing to belabour a point which is moot?
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