Re: [Cvs-dev] Help CVS Project Solicitation

[Bob Proulx]

Conrad T. Pino wrote:
> CVS Project arrived on Savannah after hosting support at "cvshome.org" was
> withdrawn. While the transition was orderly it required substantial labor
> from the members.
> 
> CVS Project hosting as critical issue was reinforced when "ximbiot.com"
> (documentation host) abruptly ceased operation around June 2014. The hard
> lesson there was even the most devoted can fall way unexpectedly.
> 
> Both times the above providers were, well intended, sincere, devoted,
> providing excellent service, but could not sustain the effort over long
> time.

Those are very good examples of problems and the reason I would be sad
to see the CVS source code repository depart from Savannah.  Savannah
is supported by a community of GNU Project contributors and also by
the FSF resources.  It is bigger than any one individual.

Savannah has a very long history of being a software archive.  Longer
than most software repositories.  Speaking as one of the Savannah
volunteers we see our task as being curators of the archive.  Keeping
it going for the long term is very important.  Long term so far is
measured in decades and still counting.

>...
> Understanding where concerns specifically fall within GNU Savannah
> layered architectures helps here.

Agreed.  Speaking as a member of the Savannah Hackers team if there is
some deficiency of using cvs from Savannah please let us know of the
issue.  If there is a problem that could be fixed or deficiency that
can be improved then of course we would wish to fix or improve it.

Bob