Re: anoncvs.gnome.org service has been disabled

[Olav Vitters <olav bkor dhs org>]

On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 11:34:59PM +0000, Bastien Nocera wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 19:58 +0100, Olav Vitters wrote:
> > Due to various old references people have unknowingly been using
> > anoncvs.gnome.org instead of SVN. To avoid this, anoncvs.gnome.org has
> > been removed from the DNS[1].
> > 
> > Note: people who still require access to anoncvs should use the
> > following hostname:
> >   anoncvs-i-know-i-should-use-svn.gnome.org
> > Use the scripts/changecvsroot.py from jhbuild to changing existing
> > anoncvs checkouts.
> 
> Wouldn't it have been better to error out on those checkouts and give
> out the new instructions in the error message, rather than break other
> possible (and outdated) references?

I do not want errors; people who still need anoncvs should be able to
use it. Do you have a suggestion on how to add a warning?

-- 
Regards,
Olav