On 19 Dec 2004 at 2:07, Frank Heckenbach wrote:
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To make it clear what I mean, this is the relevant part that was in the GPC manual when we had a CVS. I'm not sure if it has to be so complicated. For other CVS packages, I usually see different (but not much easier) instructions ...
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... via anonymous CVS from:
@smallexample CVS root: :pserver:anonymous@@agnes.dida.physik.uni-essen.de:/usr/local/cvsroot Password: anonymous Command: checkout gpc @end smallexample
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I think that the CVS debate is a red herring. FWIW, I find CVS to be of dubious benefit (unless people are keen to download unstable code that might very well change quite significantly after they have downloaded it). I would rather download tarballs of released code. And Frank is right. I remember when gpc was available via CVS. IMHO it did not improve anything from the point of view of getting more developers working on the compiler, while it made more work for those actually developing the compiler. If anyone is interested to work on the compiler itself, I am sure that Frank and Waldek would be most obliged - but I don't think that CVS is what will cause this to happen.
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