Re: [PATCH] Remove the suggestion to use parsecvs, which is currently broken.

2013-01-07 Thread Eric S. Raymond
Junio C Hamano : > In the longer term, if parsecvs is revived either by Eric or > somebody else, we will add the mention back to the documentation, > probably with an updated URL. I'm working on the revival right now. Repository generation is still broken, and likely to remain so until I can make

Re: [PATCH] Remove the suggestion to use parsecvs, which is currently broken.

2013-01-07 Thread Junio C Hamano
Heiko Voigt writes: > Hi, > > On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 11:42:00PM -0500, Eric S. Raymond wrote: >> Heiko Voigt : >> > Maybe you could add that information to the parsecvs compile >> > instructions? I think just because it takes some effort to compile does >> > not justify to remove this useful poi

Re: Re: [PATCH] Remove the suggestion to use parsecvs, which is currently broken.

2013-01-06 Thread Eric S. Raymond
Heiko Voigt : > > I'm parsecvs's maintainer now. It's not in good shape; there is at > > least one other known showstopper besides the build issue. I would > > strongly prefer to direct peoples' attention away from it until I > > have time to fix it and cut a release. This is not a distant > >

Re: Re: [PATCH] Remove the suggestion to use parsecvs, which is currently broken.

2013-01-06 Thread Heiko Voigt
Hi, On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 11:42:00PM -0500, Eric S. Raymond wrote: > Heiko Voigt : > > Maybe you could add that information to the parsecvs compile > > instructions? I think just because it takes some effort to compile does > > not justify to remove this useful pointer here. When I was convertin

Re: [PATCH] Remove the suggestion to use parsecvs, which is currently broken.

2013-01-01 Thread Chris Packham
Minor typo On 12/29/2012 05:20 AM, Eric S. Raymond wrote: > The parsecvs code has been neglected for a long time, and the only > public version does not even build correctly. I have been handed > control of the project and intend to fix this, but until I do it > cannot be recommended. > > Also,

Re: [PATCH] Remove the suggestion to use parsecvs, which is currently broken.

2012-12-28 Thread Eric S. Raymond
Heiko Voigt : > Maybe you could add that information to the parsecvs compile > instructions? I think just because it takes some effort to compile does > not justify to remove this useful pointer here. When I was converting a > legacy cvs repository this pointer would have helped me a lot. I'm pars

Re: [PATCH] Remove the suggestion to use parsecvs, which is currently broken.

2012-12-28 Thread Heiko Voigt
Hi, On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 11:20:25AM -0500, Eric S. Raymond wrote: > The parsecvs code has been neglected for a long time, and the only > public version does not even build correctly. I have been handed > control of the project and intend to fix this, but until I do it > cannot be recommended.

Re: [PATCH] Remove the suggestion to use parsecvs, which is currently broken.

2012-12-28 Thread Junio C Hamano
e...@thyrsus.com (Eric S. Raymond) writes: > The parsecvs code has been neglected for a long time, and the only > public version does not even build correctly. I have been handed > control of the project and intend to fix this, but until I do it > cannot be recommended. > > Also, the project URL

[PATCH] Remove the suggestion to use parsecvs, which is currently broken.

2012-12-28 Thread Eric S. Raymond
The parsecvs code has been neglected for a long time, and the only public version does not even build correctly. I have been handed control of the project and intend to fix this, but until I do it cannot be recommended. Also, the project URL given for Subversion needed to be updated to follow the