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List:       gimp-print-devel
Subject:    Re: [Gimp-print-devel] GIT vs CVS
From:       Robert Krawitz <rlk () alum ! mit ! edu>
Date:       2018-10-15 12:20:45
Message-ID: 20181015122045.70B6414303A () localhost
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On Mon, 15 Oct 2018 10:36:27 +0200, Christian Wolf wrote:
> Dear mailinig list,
> 
> I have one simple question:
> What version control system do you use for development?
> 
> I found different information in the internet. On \
> http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/p_Download.php as well as on the sourceforge \
> page, GIT is mentioned as VCS. On the other hand, when looking into Archlinux, CVS \
> is used (:pserver:anonymous:@gimp-print.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/gimp-print \
> gimp-print) for the aur packages instead of git. Are these 2 systems kept in sync \
> or are elsewise related to each other?

We switched to Git around the beginning of 2016 (which was really
later than we should have).  The CVS repository is not maintained and
I believe SourceForge decommissioned all CVS services a while back.
We certainly are not updating any CVS repository any longer.

> I am a bit surprised here. I need to address another issue and want to go with the \
> newest version when debugging in order to get best support here from the group. \
> Should I go with the CVS version or create a GIT-based PKGBUILD?

Use the Git repo.
-- 
Robert Krawitz                                     <rlk@alum.mit.edu>

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