Re: [boost] Proposal for radically altered approach to releases

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-05-15 08:41:54

"Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve" <rwgk_at_[hidden]> writes:

> --- David Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> I didn't notice a report recently about concept_check.  I thought I
>> checked in fixes for the problems we were seeing.  Hmm, maybe the CVS
>> outage kept things from going in... lemme check.
>> 
>> Um, despite SF site status saying that CVS is up, I can't reach the
>> server through ssh:
>> 
>>   $ ssh -v david_abrahams_at_[hidden]
>>   OpenSSH_4.3p2, OpenSSL 0.9.8a 11 Oct 2005
>>   debug1: Reading configuration data /home/dave/.ssh/config
>>   debug1: Connecting to cvs.sourceforge.net [66.35.250.207] port 22.
>>   debug1: connect to address 66.35.250.207 port 22: Connection reset by peer
>>   ssh: connect to host cvs.sourceforge.net port 22: Connection reset by peer 
>> 
>> So I may well be sitting on fixes that I can't check in.  Can't tell
>> of course, because with CVS you can't do a diff unless you can reach
>> the server.  I've submitted a support request at SF, but in principle
>> they don't check those except on weekdays... :(
>
> The boost CVS is indeed active since Friday, but you have to patch all your CVS
> Root files since the server address has changed, e.g. first create a file
> "Root" somewhere, e.g. in your home directory, with just one line:
>
> abrahams_at_[hidden]:/cvsroot/boost

Oh, that's just intolerable.  Did they even announce the change??!
Wasn't it just a few years ago that that very address became unusable
and we were forced to switch to plain cvs.sourceforge.net?

Get me offa SourceForge, please!

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com