Re: 'cvs watchers' who have left

[Mark D. Baushke]

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Jim.Hyslop <address@hidden> writes:

> Over the years, we've had people issue a 'cvs watch add' command, then those
> people have moved on to other jobs (most of these are co-op students, so
> it's not like we have a high turnover in full-time staff ;)
> 
> Before they leave, though, they forget to issue the 'cvs watch remove'
> command. So, when I check in files, I get a lot of bounce messages from the
> mailer daemon, complaining that the recipient address is not valid.
> 
> I figure I could alias the user ID to my own ID, then issue the watch remove
> command, then remove the alias, but I was wondering if there was a better
> way.
> 
> Ideally, I'm thinking a 'cvs rwatch' command which would accept a -w[userID]
> option would be great for administrators. Thoughts? Comments?

See src/TODO #215 and #231

| 215.  Add reditors and rwatchers commands.
| 
|       - Is an r* command abstraction layer possible here for the commands
|         where this makes sense?  Would it be simpler?  It seems to me the
|         major operational differences lie in the file list construction.
...
| 231.  The `cvs watch off' command needs an extension which enables users in 
the
| cvsadmin group to turn watch off for users whose logins and email address may
| not exist anymore.

        -- Mark
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