On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 07:40:08PM +0100, Johannes Stezenbach wrote:
> Jun Sun wrote:
> >
> > I wrote a CVS tracking tool that tracks CVS changes in patch format
> > and present them with a web interface. It is now set up to track
> > linux-mips.org tree at the following place. Enjoy.
> >
> > http://www.linux-mips.org/xcvs/linux-mips
> >
> > BTW, if you use this tool for tracking other trees, please drop me a
> > note. Of course, I also like to have more developers to participate.
> > Please join us at
> >
> > http://xcvs.sf.net
>
> Very good!
>
> I played with cvsps a few times, but didn't dare to use it
> on such a large tree like the Linux kernel.
>
> A few nits:
> - I would prefer a "latest first" sort order in the patchset listing
> - IMHO 'diff -up' would make the patchsets much easier to read
> - could you please add a <title> tag for the query page? (For
> easier bookmarking.)
>
Good suggestions. Patches are even more welcome. :)
> The README from the sources mentions some constraints:
>
> ". Branching is always a complete branching of the whole tree."
>
> What happens when only a part of a tree is branched?
>
Probably does not hurt.
> ". Commitment only modifies the head of a given branch."
>
> I don't understand this. CVS commits will always change the head
> of a branch (or the trunk) only, no?
>
These statements are over paranoid.
>
> How would one use xcvs on a repository with many different, but
> interdependent CVS modules (e.g. gnome CVS http://cvs.gnome.org/)?
>
Don't know yet. Have not given a thought.
BTW, this kind of discussions probably should go to xcvs list. Pretty
soon I think Ralf will revoke our posting previledges. :)
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