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Is the repository still comptible in the other direction? CVS -> CVSNT? If not: are there automated ways to convert them? what CVS options does CVSNT not support? On 30 Dec 2003 at 0:40, Tony Hoyle wrote: > Ori Berger wrote: > > Is the repository still compatible with the cyclic CVS? If not, is > > there any way to disable these extensions (refuse them at the server > > even if client insists) to make sure that the repository remains > > compatible? > > No, unless cyclic CVS decides to implement them :) I don't think > compatibility is going to be maintainable anyway in the long term (all > possible solutions to file renaming for example implicitly break > backward compatibility) - it's still possible to convert back using a > python script or something like that - at the moment it's a matter of > stripping a few keywords and expanding/re-encoding any special deltas. > > Since CVSNT runs fine on Unix then there's little point in worrying > about it. Since I don't have control of the Unix box that I am using, and it has CVS installed, this is not an option for me right now, but I would like to backup my repository and have some sense of security that I will be able to resore it quickly on my desktop in case something happens. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Carl Zmola Carl at MembersOnlySoftware.com 202-328-1698