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Re: Reworking the client and server access method code


From: Greg A. Woods
Subject: Re: Reworking the client and server access method code
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 20:23:57 -0400 (EDT)

[ On , July 25, 2001 at 18:29:15 (-0500), address@hidden wrote: ]
> Subject: Reworking the client and server access method code
>
> I've been digging around in the CVS server and client code to add an
> ssl based server method, and I couldn't help notice what a mess it is.

Indeed it is.

> I was curious if anyone was working on cleaning it up.  If not, I'd be
> willing do clean it up and make the access methods more modular and
> get rid of most of the ifdef and if statements.  I would also propose
> pulling each access method into its own file and making buffer-based
> I/O setup by the access method itself.

You'd be better off simply ripping everything to do with special custom
protocols out, including cvspserver, and simply keeping the basic method
of invoking an external rsh-like tool.  Any protocol you wish to use can
be done with a simple rsh-like tool, including SSL.

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                                                        Greg A. Woods

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