Hi Rob, > > Yes, a libCVS would be nice. A google search on "libcvs" turns > up some interesting results, there might be a nice starting point > somewhere. > > I am seriously considering implementing an abstracted version > of the client/server protocol in Perl, I was sent a perl module that > already does a few of the functions ( I sent a private email > to James Richardson regarding an old post in the CVS archives, > he sent me what he developed ).
There are some java implementations of the protocol. May it is possible to migrate them to perl. I think if their design is clear and flexibel it shouldn't be so complicated. But I would still prefer to sit on the top of a real "libCVS". Looking at the CVS sources it is not implossible but a lot of work. I thought about implementing it in C or C++ as a abstraction layer on to of CVS. Since I need it soon, I have started to implement a perl modul. I will release it in some days, when I have written some function tests. > The client implementation currently doesn't deal with meta-data > directories, but once that is in and the client/server implementation > is complete in the module I *think* it should be perfect for the > project I am working on ( since SandWeb is a CGI, I'd rather have > it live completely in Perl than to make calls to external programs. > There are *alot* of pros/cons to this approach, the #1 thing I > don't like is not reusing available Unix programs like SSH and > CVS. I do think that it makes a more consistent, multi-platform > choice to go pure OO Perl though, and any modules we come up > with can be reused easily on CPAN ). The ideal architecture would be. ----------------------------------------- | | python | perl | etc. | | ------------------------- | command line | client C | client C++ | | tools | API | API | ----------------------------------------- | basic (classic) C API | ----------------------------------------- Bye Oliver _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
