Derek R. Price writes:
>
> I noticed Larry talking about making changes to CVS and I was wondering
> if somebody has been maintaining a source repository for CVS since
> SourceGear bought Cyclic? Or are patches still just floating around?
> I was under the impression that SourceGear had at least disabled the
> anonymous access and that no one had really been maintaining patches and
> such for awhile.
Your impression is mistaken -- the official CVS source repository (see
the "Developer Information" page at www.cyclic.com) is still up and
running for both anonymous and non-anonymous (i.e., developer) access.
It survived the transition from Cyclic to SourceGear quite nicely, and
lots of changes have been checked in since the last (1.10.8) release.
> I ask because I am in the process of working with OpenAvenue to get the
> repository up and running again and thought it would be helpful if
> somebody had maintained important changes or even a list of patches over
> the last year or so. I'll do my best to reconstruct said list with the
> email archives otherwise, but your help is appreciated.
Since the current repository is still active, you need to handle this
very carefully to ensure that changes don't get lost in the process.
Best would be to get the actual machine containing the repository from
SourceGear (which is what they did when they bought Cyclic). Failing
that, you need to coordinate with them to get a complete copy of the
repository (so you keep all the revision history) and ensure that they
disable access (at least check-in) during the transition period (which
you should try to keep as short as possible).
Oh, and before I forget: Wecome aboard!
-Larry Jones
My "C-" firmly establishes me on the cutting edge of the avant-garde.
-- Calvin
