Hi! Firstly, if you are using the release version 1.10 then there is a major security release in version 1.11.5. This information is available at the cvshome site I have refered you to. If you go through the news of the release version you will be able to find that out.
QUOTE" 2003-01-20: CVS 1.11.5 Released! (security update) Contributed by: Derek Price CVS 1.11.5 has been released. This release fixes a major security vulnerability in the CVS server. CVS client builds are not affected. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2003-0015 to this issue. See the text of CAN-2003-0015 for more information. You may also take a look at the NEWS file from the source distribution or go directly to the downloads page. Thanks go to Stefan Esser for his help on this issue! UNQUOTE" The current release is 1.12.2, and I don't think there is any 1.16 release as yet, if you know of any please inform us about it.. :-) For the 1.12.2 release the following is the news item published on the site. QUOTE" 2003-10-27: CVS Feature Version 1.12.2 Released! Contributed by: Derek Price CVS 1.12.2 has been released! This release contains new features as well as all the bug fixes from the stable release. This release fixes many bugs in CVS 1.12.1 and adds nifty new features, including experimental support for Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM). We recommend an upgrade for users who like living on the cutting edge! Take a look at the NEWS file from the source distribution or go directly to the downloads page. UNQUOTE" Thus, you can see from it that the NEWS file in the package will give you information about all the features and comparative sudy of the new features added sncve the last release. From this you can make your own feature list and also post it on the newgroup / mailing list so that others who have this query can look it up. That is the way that Free Software functions and that is the way you will gain information using free software. The URL for the news file where all the changes and feature list can be obtained is given for your reference below: http://ccvs.cvshome.org/source/browse/ccvs/NEWS?rev=1.155&content-type=t ext/x-cvsweb-markup Hope this helps, Gagneet |-----Original Message----- |From: Sunil Pachunde [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] |Sent: Thursday, 06 November, 2003 10:04 AM |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Subject: RE: Upgrade CVS server from 1.10 to 1.16 or any latest | | |Dear sir, | |I was unable to locate the feature of Stable version 1.16 in |comapare with |1.10 version. |Since it is an urgent requirement to port the older version of |CVS 1.10 to |the latest one. | |I wants know the features and any pros and cons in 1.16 in |compare with 1.10 | |Regards |Sunil | | |Gagneet Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: | |> Hi! |> |> | Hi All, |> | |> | We are planning to upgrade our CVS server from 1.10 version |> |to latest. And selected to use CVS version 1.16 or any |> |latest. Now we wants know the features and any pros and cons |> |in 1.16 above. |> | Please suggest and update. |> | |> | |> Why don't you look up the http://www.cvshome.org/ site. This |contains |> all the docuemntation related to whatever you wish to ask about |> related to CVS. |> |> Gagneet _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
