FYI - cvs-import.sh changes

[Axel Thimm]

On Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 03:01:20PM +0200, Nicolas Mailhot wrote:
> 
> Le Mer 11 avril 2007 14:16, Axel Thimm a écrit :
> 
> >> All this to say that cvs-import.sh isn't even actually _required_
> >> anymore :-)
> >
> > In fact I thought that "not required" meant "not allowed" anymore,
> > since only the CVS admins should import packages until a new mechanism
> > is put in place. Did some packagers cheat? :)
> 
> Some people like me use cvs-import.sh to upload new versions in a
> controlled manner :
> 
> 1. cvs co + make srpm to get the current package state
> 2. expand the srpm in a clean root, modify it
> 3. rpmbuild -bs --nodeps
> 4. mock the result
> 5. test
> 6. cvs-import the mock-produced srpm changeset
> 
> And yes that's not how everyone works but not having to interact directly
> with cvs (appart from the initial co) keeps me semi-sane.

I think it makes very much sense to hide as much of the underlying VCS
as possible, since we do want to replace CVS with something
else. Maybe we should work more toward a VCS-neutral way of workflow.
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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