[cvsnt] Latest Updates - CVSNT 2.5.04 Build 3236 (stable)

Arthur Barrett arthur.barrett at march-hare.com
Tue Nov 4 18:23:38 GMT 2008


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CVSNT 2.5.04 (Zen) Build 3236 (stable)

You can download this release from:
http://march-hare.com/cvspro/


Why upgrade?

* multi-site: supports multiple 'write through' repositories
* better WAN performance with large files
* improved rename, improved branch/tag performance in large repo's
* tested on xp/vista and server 2003/2008 both x32 and x64
* improved audit 
* all future bug fixes will be applied to this release


Fixed/New in this release:
-----------------------------

For a complete description see the ChangeLog in the source tree.

* 5403  Crash on rdiff with -D 1970-01-01 with any +ve timezone
* 4956  cvswrappers "*" overrides all other wrappers always  
* 5154  When a changed file is committed with a renamed flie,
.directory_history is not created
* 5389  .ttf - true type files should be binary by default
* 5397  Do not put advertising in commit message if supplied with -M  
* 5398  On commit put an advertising message in the 'log'  
* 5396  .cur files should be added as binary as default  
* 5312  release -y option ignored
* 4713  Auth fails from linux with sspi when no domain specified 
* 5076  mini.so crashes cvslockd on 64bit systems 
* 5283  Crashes when combining newly added file with rename in one
commit
* 5237  cvs co -p -r CVSNT_2_0_x 'directory stack overrun' on debian
* 5307  Audit doesn't record correct info columns 
* 5308  Oracle NLS support does not work on linux 64 bit 
* 5316  CVSNT: Debian build (thanks to Andreas!)
* 5328  HQX fixes for OSX
* 5329  Support bi-directional merges (inverse merge)
* 5002  (RC6) Oracle support in audit
* 5192  (RC6) cvstools.dll depends on missing msvcrt and msvcr71
* 5202  (RC6) Doc: log -r information incorrect
* 5225  (RC6) cvs add -k+x always makes files -kvx, even binary ones
* 5231  (RC6) MS Project (*.mpp) files added as text
* 5235  (RC6) Allow ServerTraceFile to be set to 'per process' filename
* 5250  (RC6) audit does not update EndTime
* 5251  (RC6) audit does not record return code
* 5252  (RC6) patches from Chuck for script trigger (windows)
* 4729  (RC6) Unicode file added on branch has corrupt line endings
* 5155  (RC6) after file renamed, retrieve file using tag, wrong
filename is retrieved
* 5225  (RC6) cvs add -k+x always makes files -kvx, even binary one
* 5033  (RC6) 'cvs [update aborted]: end of file from server' when merge
* 5158  (RC6) Cannot checkout single file if it is renamed, cannot
checkout to stdou
* 5262  (RC7) CVSNTCPL: discourage use of reserved words in repo name
* 5264  (RC7) Crash if 'cvs -q update -d -P' and dir contains files not
in CVS
* 5158  Cannot checkout single file if it is renamed, cannot checkout to
stdout  
* 5160  Unable to evaluate xpath expression
'file[cvs:filename(@name,$name)]/editor[cvs:username(@name,$user)]'  
* 5162  Write proxy repo crashes on tag -F  
* 5165  Proxy server should fire its own triggers
* 5166  Proxy server may want to use separate CVSROOT/passwd file
* 5167  Update makefiles / autoconf
* 5168  Server stats to be sent from client and --nostats option
* 5153  rename commit does not activate server / no .directory_history
* 5154  When a changed file is committed with a renamed flie,
.directory_history is not created
* 5155  after file renamed, retrieve file using tag, wrong filename is
retrieved
* 0000  include evaluation of CVS Suite Studio
* 0000  safe version of --lf (and --cr and --crlf)
* 0000  rcsinfo fixes
* 0000  use md5 to avoid sending large files across network
* 0000  make cvs diff always ignore BOM
* 0000  Added (limited) proxy support
* 0000  postcommand can get the return code of the command (%x).
* 0000  windows installers now separate client & server
* 0000  separate mdns librares
* 0000  Oracle audit support
* 0000  DLLs are searched using a smart DLL loader
* 0000  On Windows system libraries are now stored in Common Files
* 0000  SQLite upgrade  



We're still working out a few glitches with the web site, but the
download is available now from the main site:
http://march-hare.com/cvspro/

Regards,


Arthur Barrett




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