Re: [Cvs-dev] CVS maintenance question

[Petr Pisar]

On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 03:17:25PM -0500, Assaf Gordon wrote:
> For savannah we need some features that were committed after 1.12.13, so we
> can't even use the packaged version.

Maybe if you filed an enhancement request for your distribution of choice and
the change were easy to backport, the distribution could include it in the
next distribution release.

> First,
> If any one of you is interested in stepping up to be the chief upstream
> maintainer of cvs - that would be welcomed.  Some current CVS maintainers
> expressed willingness to help to any new maintainer.  Perhaps this could
> usher a new long-due release.
> 
No, thanks. I perceive the CVS as a highly legacy technology with a very
complex and difficult to maintain code.

> Second,
> If you have any recommendation as to the best way to proceed, any critical
> patches you think should be applied - all these and any other comments are
> welcomed.  For example, why did Centos/Redhat/Fedora choose 1.11.23, while
> Gentoo - 1.12.12, and Debian/Ubuntu used 1.12.13 ?
> 
Fedora choose 1.11.23 because it's a stable release. I occassionally see some
complains about 1.12 bugs that does not present in 1.11.

-- Petr

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