From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "dhruva" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: cvs <-> arch mirroring scripts Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 13:47:51 +0530 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <20030822081751.DC95975C32@smtp.us2.messagingengine.com> References: <1060744673.2522.27.camel@columbia><1060803518.28891.27.camel@columbia><070e01c364e6$e9c4cb70$6400000a@shakti> <017301c3665f$890d43a0$a701a8c0@breakwater.nauticusnet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1061572142 4382 80.91.224.253 (22 Aug 2003 17:09:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 17:09:02 +0000 (UTC) Cc: arch-users@lists.fifthvision.net, Emacs Devel , miles@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 22 19:09:00 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19qFPH-0007jI-00 for ; Fri, 22 Aug 2003 19:08:59 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 19qFTX-00028M-00 for ; Fri, 22 Aug 2003 19:13:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19qEOi-0004FO-D8 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Fri, 22 Aug 2003 12:04:20 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19q8I2-0004ks-4N for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Aug 2003 05:33:02 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19q7Lk-00021H-9J for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Aug 2003 04:33:19 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.41.8] (helo=mx20.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19q7C3-0007zz-LM; Fri, 22 Aug 2003 04:22:47 -0400 Original-Received: from [66.111.4.25] (helo=mail.messagingengine.com) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19q77O-0005LS-57; Fri, 22 Aug 2003 04:17:58 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp.us2.messagingengine.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 109D4124E28; Fri, 22 Aug 2003 04:17:52 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from 10.202.2.133 ([10.202.2.133] helo=smtp.us2.messagingengine.com) by messagingengine.com with SMTP; Fri, 22 Aug 2003 04:17:52 -0400 Original-Received: by smtp.us2.messagingengine.com (Postfix, from userid 99) id DC95975C32; Fri, 22 Aug 2003 04:17:51 -0400 (EDT) Content-Disposition: inline X-Mailer: MIME::Lite 1.2 (F2.71; T1.001; A1.51; B2.12; Q2.03) Original-To: "Richard Stallman" , "Rajesh Vaidheeswarran" X-Epoch: 1061540272 X-Sasl-enc: 8izMuQ3KTiwu2nEMzx647g In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:16067 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:16067 On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 13:23:23 -0400, "Richard Stallman" said: > If we decide to change, I'd rather that we change CVS, since many > users > (including myself) may not use CVS from within emacs all the time.. > > Overall it would be cleaner to change CVS. However, CVS is not a GNU > package and I am not sure how its maintenance is going these days. > Does anyone know? We may find that the only way to get a change > installed is to install it in Emacs. > > Could people design a spec for the change? Then I will send it to > bug-cvs. One feature I am looking for (and am quite sure there are many other users out there) is TUNNELING capability or access through firewall. It is not a enhancement to the behaviour of CVS but more a desired feature to allow people like me behind firewall. I have used ProxyTunnel to access CVS, but I would prefer CVS to handle it instead of me having to depend on another tool. with regards, dhruva -- Dhruva Krishnamurthy Web: http://schemer.fateback.com/