[boost] Re: CVS status

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-05-08 06:30:05

Gennaro Prota wrote:

> I drop an idea: suppose that when there's a new
> commit the CVS informs, via e-mail, the penultimate people that had
> done a commit. This way I (the generic developer) can do the
> following: before doing any commit check out the whole repository (in
> order to have the newest state of everything), then _until I receive
> the informative mail_, I do keep my copy. When I receive the mail I
> know that the duty to keep the files is up to someone else. Of course
> that doesn't protect against failures of the "last committor" machine,
> but... As a further precaution we could advice for keeping a fresh
> checkout for at least one day, regardless of informative mails
> (provided that we can setup something similar). Thoughts?

I think this is a bit more complicated that it should be. Why don't just
create boost-wide commit emails mailing list? All changes will be reflected
in archives, so in case of emergency you'll have all the data to replay
missing commits. 

Of course, what happens if ml archive is destroyed too as the same time...
but that's less likely.

- Volodya