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Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] CVS access to Orbit

Maybe the product documentation shouldn't be pointing to committer resources?

On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 8:34 AM, Ed Willink <ed@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi
>
> But how could authors of Helios documentation change their documentation to
> use GIT?!!
>
>     Regards
>
>         Ed Willink
>
>
> On 15/01/2013 16:26, Campo, Christian wrote:
>>
>> Hi Ed,
>>
>> I totally understand your point and frustration.
>>
>> However havnt we all been warned by Wayne in numerous emails that "CVS
>> will be shutdown" at the 21st December 2012 for over one year now.
>>
>> CVS shutdown is not the same thing as "set to readonly".
>>
>> So I think if that was a concern it should have been brought up way
>> earlier.
>>
>> Just my 2 cents
>>
>> Christian Campo
>>
>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>> Von: cross-project-issues-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:cross-project-issues-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] Im Auftrag von Ed
>> Willink
>> Gesendet: Dienstag, 15. Januar 2013 17:20
>> An: Cross project issues
>> Betreff: Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] CVS access to Orbit
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> December 21st was the end of the world as far as committer CVS write
>> access was concerned.
>>
>> However it was not the end of the world as far as user CVS read access was
>> concerned.
>>
>> A variety of examples and documentation describe fetching code from CVS.
>> It is not feasible
>> to rewrite such text within Helios/Indigo/Juno distributions taht are
>> still in use.
>>
>> It is also a major pain for us committers. For instance, when a Bugzilla
>> report refers to line 45 of version 1.9 of a file; without viewcvs, it takes
>> significantly longer to identify the line in question.
>>
>> There seems absolutely no benefit in retracting this useful facility and
>> breaking functionality upon which the current Juno release documentation
>> depends.
>>
>>       Regards
>>
>>           Ed Willink
>>
>> On 15/01/2013 15:14, Doug Schaefer wrote:
>>>
>>> While Denis is pealing himself off the ceiling, I'll chime in. Isn't
>>> this all in git now? I thought Orbit was the only thing officially left
>>> in CVS.
>>>
>>> :D
>>>
>>> On 13-01-15 10:08 AM, "Ed Willink"<ed@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>   wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> /cvsroot/modeling etc etc
>>>>
>>>>       Regards
>>>>
>>>>           Ed Willink
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 15/01/2013 14:58, Denis Roy wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> What other repositories?  The only CVS repo I know of is Orbit.
>>>>>
>>>>> Denis
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 01/15/2013 03:36 AM, Ed Willink wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Denis
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks. CVS from PSFs works again.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If we now have an anonymous CVS server for Orbit, can we please
>>>>>> restore the anonymous CVS access for the other repositories too so
>>>>>> that Helios, Indigo, Juno facilities work again for ordinary users?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>       Regards
>>>>>>
>>>>>>           Ed Willink
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 14/01/2013 22:29, Denis Roy wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've re-enabled pserver CVS for /cvsroot/tools.  I'm hoping
>>>>>>> someone can try it out, since my modern-day computer doesn't ship
>>>>>>> with cvs :-D
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Denis
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 01/14/2013 03:36 PM, Ed Willink wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> My understanding is that CVS has been preserved for Orbit, at
>>>>>>>> least temporarily, but anonymous access has not.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> How am I expected to rewrite PSF fetches (for use by ordinary
>>>>>>>> users) such as
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> <provider id="org.eclipse.team.cvs.core.cvsnature">
>>>>>>>> <project
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> reference="1.0,:pserver:anonymous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:/cvsroot/tools,
>>>>>>>> org.e clipse.orbit/lpg.runtime.java,lpg.runtime.java,v2_0_17"/>
>>>>>>>> </provider>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>       Regards
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>           Ed Willink
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