Re: [Demexp-dev] Possible switch from CVS to GNU Arch

[felix . henry]

> 
>  1. separate Arch and CVS tree. On a regular basis, make a big patch of
>     changes in Arch tree and apply it to CVS.
> 
>  2. use CVS and Arch in the same tree. It has been documented
>    
> 
(http://wiki.sourcecontrol.net/moin.cgi/Arch_20and_20CVS_20in_20the_20same_20tre
e).
>     However, it seems to cluter the use of Arch (e.g. obligation of
>     doing an Arch commit after each CVS commit). I'm not very fond of
>     it.
> 
>  3. forget about CVS. Despite what I have said ("I'll update the CVS
>     tree"), we are a very small project and as far as I know, maybe one
>     or two people have used the CVS tree. If those people don't want to
>     use Arch, as well as for new comers, we can use tarballs (.tar.gz)
>     of sources. Of course, we can't make tarballs as easily as doing a
>     CVS commit.
> 
> Tonight, I'm for solution 3, under the assumption that Arch works as
> expected.  Moreover, if we found Arch unusable, we can still apply Arch
> modifications into the untouched CVS and restart from that point.
> 
> What do you think of it? I really need a (positive, negative or
> don't-care) feedback.

I agree with you. My personal feedback: I hate CVS (althought I
use it all the time) so "3. forget about CVS" sounds nice to me :-)

  Felix