Re: [xine-devel] CVS Tree Organization

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hi arpi,

...didn't know you cared about xine's cvs repository ? :)

> - using Meta-CVS, it creates a meta-file in teh cvs repository containing
> file movement info, so afaik it only virtualy moves the files somehow
> the advantage is that it don't need changes on the server side at all.

...just looked at meta-cvs (never heard of it before) and it sure looks
promising - but i'm not sure if developers are willing to switch to a new
version control system - at least i know a few cvs commands and have a
rough idea how it works and it took me long enough to get used to it. i'm
not sure how long it would take me to get used to a new system, even one
that is based on cvs.

> - switch to bitkeeper or something more advanced tool (we're thinking about
> it, cvs has its limits and bugs)

well, bitkeeper is certainly not an option because of licensing issues,
but there seem to be other tools available (subversion for example) - but
again i ask myself: is it worth the time and effort to switch to a new
tool just because a few files need to be moved around?

> yes, i wondered on Guenter's comment about cvs log don't matter, feel
> free to mess with the files... :)

hey! that's not exactly what i said ... but, while thinking about it -
doesn't sound too bad actually ;-> 

> i would immediately remove his cvs access if it happen in mplayer cvs.

wow - the penalty for volunteering to do long-standing file cleanup 
in mplayer cvs is access removal?! ... once again i see policies are
quite different on your side ;-p

cheers,

   guenter

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