[Biopython-dev] [Root-l] Anonymous CVS working again :)

Peter biopython at maubp.freeserve.co.uk
Mon Sep 7 21:26:26 UTC 2009


On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 9:44 PM, Chris Fields<cjfields at illinois.edu> wrote:
> On Sep 7, 2009, at 3:00 PM, Peter wrote:
>
>>> Are these being kept in sync?   bioperl's moved completely away from
>>> cvs to svn with very little pain.  We found sync-ing the two more trouble
>>> than it was worth.
>>
>> Perhaps we are talking at cross purposes here Chris.
>>
>> Right now Biopython and EMBOSS are using CVS, with developers
>> committing to dev.open-bio.org, which then updates a read only CVS
>> mirror code.open-bio.org (aka cvs.open-bio.org aka cvs.biopython.org)
>> to provide anonymous assess.
>>
>> Likewise, BioPerl etc are using SVN, with developers committing to
>> dev.open-bio.org, which then updates a read only SVN mirror at
>> code.open-bio.org (or its other aliases) to provide anonymous assess.
>>
>> Peter
>
> Right, I understand that, but you also have a git repo on github (unless I'm
> mistaken).  Based on that I assume you plan on migrating over to dev git
> and/or github eventually, but I'm unsure of the future of the CVS repo.

Right! For now, CVS changes are pushed to github. Once we move to
git, the CVS repo will no longer be used, and well be left frozen in time.

> My point was, we had been in a similar situation.  We had thought of having
> a sync'ed CVS <-> SVN repo at one point, but it was way too much trouble to
> deal with and just dropped CVS altogether after the migration.  Instead, we
> just started switching all docs over to point to svn instead with lots of
> ample warning on the mail lists, and it all worked out in the end (we have
> had very few users inquiring about CVS).

Likewise, we could have git changes pushed into CVS, but there
is little point. We plan to just quit using CVS.

Peter




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