hi there, with Paul Kinnucan, we are setting up a CVS repository for JDE, so that all of you can get the latest version of it, and developers can help with JDE without taking too much time on Paul. we plan to have mailing lists set up to be even more efficient, a bit like XEmacs does, having a list for patches and a list for CVS notifications. while everyone will have access to the repository for downloading files, we will restrict modify access to serious programers who are willing to volunteer their time to make a better JDE. if you are interrested in helping build JDE, please send me a preferred username and password. those are not guaranteed to be the same as the ones you will get, but they should look a lot like it (or not). you can send your password in ASCII or already encrypted, but please specify which way you sent it . those who which to send it using PGP, please contact me, i will set up something. if you just which to access files over CVS, you dont't need to send any of the above information to me: it will be anonymous and public. people volunteer to be cvs modifiers have to understand that they might have to go through the 'patches' mailinglist and test/accept/reject patches, and that some users might expect feedback from them. if you wish just to make occasional changes, then you are probably more interrested in sending patches to the 'patches' mailinglist. of course, a developer may resign at any time and new ones can join the train later. for those of you who are still reading this mail, here is some place where you can get GNU CVS: ftp://sunsite.auc.dk/pub/gnu and here are pointers to the CVS homepage where you can find clients and servers for all machines: http://www.cyclic.com http://www.loria.fr/~molli/cvs-index.html instructions as to how to use CVS to get the latest source of JDE will be posted on the JDE homepage as soon as we set everything up, and test the system. at the same time should appear those mailinglists i've told you about, and information on how to subscribe/unsubscribe. of course the current mailinglist will remain, and will be the most used probably. instructions will also be posted (or sent personnaly?) for the developers that will use CVS to modify files. we are still working on the details, and we'll let you know as soon as we've any updates. i am convinced that it will improve the quality of JDE to _even_ better. -- # Stef Epardaud, # There is no limit to the power of computing ... # Java Defeater # ... except men maybe ? # Earth # Lunatech Research, # Solar System # soon we will quit researching and start finding...
