Re: anoncvs.gnome.org service has been disabled

[Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net>]

On Sat, 2007-02-24 at 00:38 +0100, Olav Vitters wrote:
> 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 possible (and outdated) references?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?

No idea apart from a login denied error...

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Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net>