Re: [HACKERS] CVSup

Brett McCormick <brett@work.chicken.org>

From: Brett McCormick <brett@work.chicken.org>
To: <hackers@postgreSQL.org>
Date: 1998-05-01T06:45:14Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
This may be the totally wrong place for asking this question, but what
exactly *is* CVSup?

On Fri, 1 May 1998, at 08:36:05, Maurice Gittens wrote:

> I don't understand the problem CVSup is intended to solve given
> that CVS allows remote access to the repository using standard cvs
> commands. Is there a specific reason why we can't/don't have readonly access
> to the postgresql repository?
> 
> I think it's neat to be able to use commands like "cvs diff" etc. However
> I really hate it that my changes seem to get overwritten why I using
> CVSup since this doesn't happen when using the "cvs update".
> 
> Can anyone explain why this is the way it is?
> 
> Thanks, with regards from Maurice.
> 
>