Re: ChangeLogging commits to CVS

On Tue, 14 Dec 2004, Keith Packard wrote:

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> Around 15 o'clock on Dec 14, Vladimir Dergachev wrote:
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>> Is it feasible to require our own version of CVS ? I might give a try at
>> modifying it to suit what we need...
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> That way lies insanity.  We've used custom versions of CVS at points in
> the past to deal with RCS tags with custom names ($XConsortium, etc alia),
> and it's a huge problem as people have to get CVS downloaded and compiled
> and make sure they never use the wrong version.
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> Replacing CVS is a far better option at this point, but we're not
> ready to jump ship yet.

I see.

I was thinking more in terms of having our own server-side cvs code.
All the information that we need is already available from the client - we 
just need to make use of it.

An alternative solution is to have a separate ChangeLog for each committer and 
having them merged with outside script. This should allow automatic update
of ChangeLog without the the issue of simultaneous commits.

                       best

                         Vladimir Dergachev

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