On Mon, 2008-12-08 at 12:40 -0600, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote: > >>>>> "RWMJ" == Richard W M Jones <rjones@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > RWMJ> It shouldn't? > > You can use it for that, but it's a bad idea. > > The point of keeping packages in an SCM is to enable multiple people > to work on a package. If you keep your sources elsewhere and only > touch CVS by using cvs-import.sh to basically overwrite everything > with your SRPM then you wipe out any work that someone else did. > > - J< Except that you get shown the diff before you can commit it, and you can back out if there have been any changes. I use cvs-import all the time as hardly anybody ever touches my packages, and it's far easier to just call the script to do the work for me. Responsible usage of cvs-import.sh is fine, irresponsible use of it (just like with anything else, like cvs direct) is not fine. -- Jesse Keating Fedora -- Freedom² is a feature! identi.ca: http://identi.ca/jkeating
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