Re: [Savannah-hackers] CVS eMail notifications

[Elfyn McBratney]

Elfyn McBratney said:
> Hello again Mark,
>
> Mark-Andre Hopf said:
>> On Tue 04.05. 21:12, Mark-Andre Hopf wrote:
>>> Hello Elfyn.
>>>
>>> On Tue 04.05. 17:09, Elfyn McBratney wrote:
>>>
>>> > Yes, we are working on getting a front-end up to enable project
>>> admins
>>> to
>>> > manage certain files under `CVSROOT/' (e.g., loginfo, commitinfo and
>>> > modules).
>>> >
>>> > If you want, I can contact you when we finish this work (soon,
>>> hopefully).
>>>
>>> I'm glad to hear that it is being worked on.
>>
>> Hmm, a month has passed and the latest CVS bug was related to CVSROOT
>> access.
>
> It has been a long time, I know, but it has taken nearly that long for the
> FSF sysadmins to get the bare-minimal infrastructure in place (i.e., just
> the scripts).
>
>> Wouldn't it be easier and faster just to add a field with an address
>> where
>> eMail should be posted to?
>
> It might, and although it would only need a small amount of code for the
> front-end, it's a different story for inserting the correct files in
> 2,000+ projects' CVSROOT directories.
>
>> Or could someone please do this for me? Ie. Adding a command to
>>
>>   subversions.gnu.org:/cvsroot/toadgui/CVSROOT/loginfo
>>
>> which dumps and logs and diffs to
>>
>>   toad-cvs at list dot innominate dot org
>>
>> Sorry for the inconvenience but I really need this to keep an eye on
>> what's going on.
>
> It's not an inconvenience, not at all, I run projects myself and totally
> understand that these basics are needed.
>
> I will adjust your projects' CVSROOT/loginfo to send commit emails to the
> above address now. Can you let me know if things look OK?
> [...]

Hello Mark,

Apologies for the delay, I haven't been able to access Savannah until this
morning.  I have installed the necessary pieces.  All I need for you to do
is test it out.

-- 
Elfyn