[drupal-devel] Re: [contributions(DRUPAL-4-5):sheldon]
Goba wrote:
The FAQ and the contributors guide outlines the commands used to checkout, commit, tag, etc. the files. The above confusions are the very reason that the php.net projects suggest contributors TO NOT USE visual CVS tools. They always mess up. All the time.
Actually, the Drupal contributors guide advises Macintosh users TO use CVL as their CVS tool: http://drupal.org/node/2972 In fact, that's why I started using the damn thing in the first place. I WAS trying to follow the instructions in the contributor's guide. The contributors guide also advises Windows users to use TortoiseCVS as their front end: http://drupal.org/node/635 Dries wrote:
Does that mean all Drupal 4.5 releases are messed up now? Err.
I don't know. When this happened, my CVL console spat out a bunch of messages that looked like errors or refusals. Just now I've tried spot-checking the releases page (drupal.org/project/releases), and all of the projects I've looked at show "latest release" dates from prior to my accident. (For that matter, even my interwiki project still shows a latest release date of December 31, 2004. I've tried several times to move the tags just on the interwiki project and can't get it to take.) It looks to me like either no real harm was done, or else someone caught it quickly and fixed it. However, I think it's clear that I'm far from expert in using CVS, so please don't take my word for anything. Based on my experience, I would recommend revising the contributor's guide so it doesn't advise Macintosh users to use CVL. Since I don't use Windows, I don't know whether continuing to recommend TortoiseCVS is a good idea, but if your goal is to ensure that contributors know what they're doing in CVS, I think it would be better to simply recommend using command-line access via a Unix terminal, and to provide a link to a good tutorial. --Sheldon
The contributors guide also advises Windows users to use TortoiseCVS as their front end: http://drupal.org/node/635
I know Tortoise. I am using Linux on my desktop since at least six months now (on servers, since 12 years...) and it is the only thing that I miss. I doubt you could bork anything with that. And those Windows folks, they do not know what is a command line, so a GUI is more appropriate. Though Mac OS X has Aqua, it's BSD at its heart, so at least developers shall now the CLI :)
Actually, the Drupal contributors guide advises Macintosh users TO use CVL as their CVS tool: http://drupal.org/node/2972
In fact, that's why I started using the damn thing in the first place. I WAS trying to follow the instructions in the contributor's guide.
The contributors guide also advises Windows users to use TortoiseCVS as their front end: http://drupal.org/node/635
TortoiseCVS/SVN is quite intuitive, I also tend to suggest using it for people. But it is a lot harder to break something on the command line AFAIS, as you need to think twice about what you are doing, not just find something to click on :) Goba
It seems there is a need to rewrite these pages... anyone willing to change them? Anisa. Sheldon Rampton wrote:
Goba wrote:
The FAQ and the contributors guide outlines the commands used to checkout, commit, tag, etc. the files. The above confusions are the very reason that the php.net projects suggest contributors TO NOT USE visual CVS tools. They always mess up. All the time.
Actually, the Drupal contributors guide advises Macintosh users TO use CVL as their CVS tool: http://drupal.org/node/2972
In fact, that's why I started using the damn thing in the first place. I WAS trying to follow the instructions in the contributor's guide.
The contributors guide also advises Windows users to use TortoiseCVS as their front end: http://drupal.org/node/635
On 6 Apr 2005, at 12:05, Anisa wrote:
It seems there is a need to rewrite these pages... anyone willing to change them?
Well I wrote the page "CVS on Mac OS X", and I'll be happy to add more info to it. I've been using CVL for more than a year now, and it's actually quite easy. There are only a couple of basic tasks to master anyway. Difficulties arise from lack of info on how these basic tasks should be performed with CVL, and how it interacts with drupal projects module. Just out of curiosity, who else is using CVL on OS X?
On Wed, 06 Apr 2005 14:45:22 +0200, Robert Castelo <services@cortexttranslation.com> wrote: [...]
Just out of curiosity, who else is using CVL on OS X?
I'm currently using command-line on OS X, but Tortoise on Windows. I'll probably give CVL a try (and Cervisia if it works on OS X). -- Tim Altman
Just out of curiosity, who else is using CVL on OS X?
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