FreeTDS Development Group

[James Cameron <cameron AT stl.dec.com>]

Peter Harvey wrote:
> NOTE: All of the files generated by Makefile.cvs should probably NOT be
> in cvs.

Yes, I've mentioned that.  Most other projects avoid putting any such
files into CVS, thus requiring people who use CVS to download the
package to have a current set of tools.

However, this project decided to place the files into CVS because:

- the CVS download method is the most frequently suggested to solve
problems, and 

- that answering questions about the versions of the tools required
would be a waste of time.

If this project were a democracy, I'd urge for a vote on which way to
go, and would vote for removal of generated files.  But I say this
project is a benevolent dictatorship, and that Brian Bruns is doing
quite an excellent job, and we can easily cope with the complexity of
generated files in CVS at this time.  ;-)

In the meanwhile, someone with CVS access has to have the official job
of regenerating configure and so on prior to release.  I'm expected that
is Brian.

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