[ On Tuesday, August 8, 2000 at 22:27:09 (-0700), Reinstein, Shlomo wrote: ]
> Subject: Question about the CVS mailing lists
>
> Sorry for asking this - but what is the "CVS-II Discussion Mailing List"? I
> am subscribed to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and I have a rule in my email client to
> move all the messages from that mailing list to some folder, but I keep
> getting the CVS-II discussion mailing list messages in my inbox, while the
> other messages go to the folder as expected. I know that there was a split
> of the CVS mailing list, but I thought that the result was only the cvsgui
> mailing list.
"CVS-II", aka the second generation of the Concurrent Versions System,
is what is discussed in the info-cvs mailing list. Though we all
commonly refer to this thing as "CVS" now, it is really the second
generation of a tool called "CVS". The first generation was a set of
scripts posted to `comp.sources.unix' late in 1986 by Dick Grune.
"CVS-II Discussion Mailing List" is the name I've given a private alias
I use to refer to the info-cvs mailing list.
I think your mail client needs replacing with something more
intelligent! If it's choosing the comment (or full name) portion of an
address field as the folder in which to file a message, but without
giving you the opportunity to override it, or to programmaticaly choose
another based on specified criteria, then you'll end up with all kinds
of wildly named and totally inconsistent folders!
--
Greg A. Woods
+1 416 218-0098 VE3TCP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <robohack!woods>
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