Re: Experimental Anon-CVS Access

[Miguel de Icaza <miguel nuclecu unam mx>]

> On an experimental basis, I've decided to open my copy of the
> CVS repository to anonymous access.  If the load on my server
> is too great, I may shut it down again.
> 
> To try it out:
> 
> $ export CVSROOT=':pserver:anonymous@jimpick.com:/opt/gnome/cvsroot'
> $ cvs login
> (there is no password, just hit return)
> $ cvs -z9 checkout gnome
> (or gimp, gimp-data-extras, gimp-data-min, gtk+)
> 
> Please use the -z9 option to minimize network bandwidth.
> 
> Longer term, I want to investigate ctm and cvsup (like the FreeBSD
> folks use).  That way, everybody could have a copy of the
> repository.

Users new to CVS should keep in mind that to get an updated version of
the CVS repository, they only need to do a "cvs update -d" on the
directory containing the sources you want to update (ie, checkouts are
only required the first time you get the sources).

There is a mailing list that keeps track of the cvs commits made to
the Gimp/gtk/gnome trees: send mail to:

cvs-commits-list-request@nuclecu.unam.mx 

to get into those mailing lists.

Miguel.