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[Jeremy Kolb <jkolb AT brandeis.edu>]

This whole p4/cvs thing just sounds like more trouble than it's worth.
Why can't we stick with just one? Wouldn't it simplify the whole
equation? I don't mean to attack anyone by this, I'm just curious. So
enlighten me!

Jeremy

On Fri, 2003-09-12 at 15:35, Eric Sandall wrote:
> Quoting Jason Flatt <jason AT flattfamily.com>:
> > On Friday 12 September 2003 11:44 am, Geoffrey Derber wrote:
> > > I was thinking, since p4 is down, I believe I remember reading something
> > > about having a cvs server now.  How well synchronized are the two?
> > > Would it be possible to switch over to the cvs server while we wait for
> > > the p4 server to get back up?
> > >
> > > I'm beginning to think we need to do something long term so that if we
> > > have a server failure like this again, we can easily switch over to
> > > another server for a bit while we wait on the server to be fixed.
> > >
> > > Geoff
> > 
> > 
> > Eric Sandall has been updating the CVS server manually from Perforce 
> > (IIRC). 
> > 
> > I guess it depends on how diligent he has been able to be as to how 
> > current 
> > it is.
> > 
> > The plan is to have the CVS server and the Perforce server operating in 
> > tandem.  The hold up has been that there is no one with the knowledge 
> > and/or
> > 
> > time to create the synchronization scripts.  If you are volunteering, I 
> > am 
> > sure there are many folks who would be happy to hear that.
> 
> Unfortunately, not too diligently.  :(  I'll try and put in what I have 
> from my
> latest checkout from Perforce (probably missing a few entries) and then post
> again here.  One problem I have is getting CVS to add new files from a 'diff
> -urpN <p4> <cvs>'.  I guess I'll just go through the log and see where it
> mentions that it doesn't know what to do about a file.  File deletions may 
> be a
> problem, but I'll see what I can do.  ;)
> 
> Also, we'll no longer have the nice 'integrate' feature of Perforce.  :(
> 
> -sandalle