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RE: ATTN: cvs maintainer please upgrade from 1.11.x to 1.12.9
- From: "Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>
- To: "'Mailing List: CygWin-Apps'" <cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 10:33:53 -0000
- Subject: RE: ATTN: cvs maintainer please upgrade from 1.11.x to 1.12.9
Charles Wilson wrote:
> Jari Aalto wrote:
>> The CVS in Cygwin is rather old. The problematic in it is, that
>> it does not work in environments where all traffic must go through SQUID
>> proxy.
>>
>> The support was added 1.12.7 and Debian includes 1.12.9 (unstable)
>
> Somebody is going to have to persuasively make the case that we should
> be using the "feature" (e.g. unstable development, 1.12.x) version of
> CVS, rather than the "stable" (1.11.x) version.
Well, if you don't want the hassle of packaging it separately, it could be
the test version for a while, couldn't it?
> Saying that Debian __unstable__ distributes the 1.12.x version doesn't
> quite do that.
How about the fact that "cvs import" behaves in an insane and manglicious[*]
fashion unless tamed by the new -X option available in 1.12.10+ ?
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/bug-cvs/2004-06/msg00173.html
cheers,
DaveK
[*] - All opinions deeply subjective ;-)
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