Re: Updating a package's gnulib files in CVS

[Jim Meyering]

"James Youngman" <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Nov 26, 2007 10:55 AM, James Youngman <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Essentially it checks gnulib out using "cvs checkout -D" to get a
>> reproducible version and then imports the indicated modules.   The
>> config file and the script which reads it are checked into CVS and
>> included in findutils releases.
>
> Eric Blake just told me that in fact git-cvspserver silently does not
> support "update -D" and so this technique actually does the wrong
> thing.   I guess findutils will need to move to obtaining the current
> gnulib via git.   It's slightly disappointing that this introduces an
> extra dependency on git for people checking the findutils code out of
> CVS.  Details at http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?21568

Hi James,

I'm feel about CVS the way I've felt about K&R C for years now.
It's worth supporting if doing so is really easy (i.e., "automatic"), but
when it starts to require too much extra work, then I leave it behind.

If you're interested in switching findutils to git -- or even just
mirroring cvs-to-git for starters, let me know and I'll set it up.

Jim