Re: [Fwd: Re: Status of NM with LEAP authentication feature.]

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Fri, 2006-11-17 at 09:37 -0600, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> From: Aaron Konstam <akonstam sbcglobal net>
> To: Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>
> Subject: Re: Status of NM with LEAP authentication feature.
> Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 08:59:36 -0500
> 
> On Sat, 2006-10-14 at 10:41 -0400, Dan Williams wrote:
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > > I hate to be the only "idiot" on the list. I downloaded the
> > > NetworkManager source from the CVS database close to a month ago. I
> > > compiled it and installed the compiled code. This version of NM
> > works in
> > > out universities wireless system that uses LEAP authentication. So
> > why
> > > are we still patching to get this capability.
> > 
> > If you downloaded from HEAD, then the LEAP patch was applied in July.
> > For the STABLE branch, the LEAP patch has not been applied.
> > Distributions are using the STABLE branch, because, of course, it's
> > stable.
> > 
> > Dan
> >  
> Look let me give you some background. I will soon get my 50th year in
> computer technology. When I started in this field there were no
> transistors or certainly no wireless communication. 7 years ago I
> finished 38 years of teaching Computer Science at the college level.
> In the last years of teaching I taught the course of Computer
> Communication and Networking, so I am not a complete ignoramus on the
> subject, but again wireless communication when I retired was in its
> infancy. During the time I was involved with teaching the technology of
> managing large computer software projects CVS was not in use.
> 
> I am trying to catch up as fast as I time but there is a lot to catch up
> on. So your answer might be "go learn about CVS!", and I can sympathize
> with that answer.

Haha, I've been learning git recently, so I know how frustrating this
kind of thing can be :)  No worries.

> However here is the problem. When I execute the commands:
> 
>  cvs -d :pserver:anonymous anoncvs gnome org:/cvs/gnome login
> cvs -d :pserver:anonymous anoncvs gnome org:/cvs/gnome co NetworkManager
> 
> I seem to be getting what is at the CVS HEAD. I haven't a clue how I get
> what is at CVS STABLE. Could you enlighten me?

So with most revision control systems you can have "branches" which are
just like tree branches; they grow from the same source (the "trunk")
but after a branch is created, it's entirely independent of every other
branch, and changes to that branch do not happen to other branches.

To checkout a branch, you:

cvs -d :pserver:anonymous anoncvs gnome org:/cvs/gnome co NetworkManager -rNETWORKMANAGER_0_6_0_RELEASE

Cheers,
Dan

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