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[Gnu-arch-users] Re: Linus
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Neil Stevens |
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[Gnu-arch-users] Re: Linus |
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Sun, 12 Oct 2003 14:43:19 -0700 |
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On Sunday October 12, 2003 2:47 pm, Tom Lord wrote:
> > From: Neil Stevens <address@hidden>
> >
> > > As far as I know there's nothing preventing arch from being used
> > > _exactly_ like CVS, with everyone committing to the same archive
> > > (and there's no obstacle to moving to more distributed
> > > development in that case either).
> >
> > CVS has server-side hooks. A move from CVS to arch loses that
> > functionality.
>
> I have some questions: do CVS server-side hooks get to vote on whether
> or not a transaction completes?
Yes. Example: KDE uses them to restrict write access for sensitive modules
like www, restrict use of "official" branch names to select people, and
prevent common mistakes of people importing code into the wrong place.
> Do they get to postpone a second
> transaction until after the hooks from a first transaction completes?
I don't believe so.
> If the answers are both `no', then arch has server-side hooks in the
> CVS sense too. If either or both answers are `yes', then, yes, it's
> reasonable to say there's a functional difference here.
Yes.
- --
Neil Stevens - address@hidden
"Now and in the future, we will support our troops" -- George Walker Bush
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