Re: [Savannah-hackers] diffmon

[Kim F. Storm]

Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:

> Thank you.  So I guess we can use this method or perhaps the cvs watch
> method.  Which one do people think is best?
> 

I'm not currently a maintainer for any packages, but personally, I
don't see any reason to send me diffs by mail, as I can get all the
diffs I desire via CVS.  So a simple 'cvs watch' notification that
"my file" has changed would be adequate.

However, I don't think you will be able to get cvs notifications
when files are added to the repository (but I guess that if someone
else adds a file to emacs for which I'm supposed to be maintainer, 
I guess I should be informed directly).

But others may feel differently.

> One issue is that many of the Emacs Lisp package maintainers
> do not have Savannah accounts.  It would be highly desirable
> if we do not have to tell them "Please get a Savannah account
> if you want to be able to get change notices on your file."
> Which of the two methods work ok for this?
>
 
There are hooks in CVS like the 'commitinfo script' which
we might be able to customize to sending notifications
to external maintainers.