Aschwin Marsman wrote:

> Is there a possibility to create a CVS store (another is also ok),
> in order to have an easy update possibility for a-a-p?
>
> In a fast changing project like this, easy entrance to the latest
> release is crucial. With CVS, you also get a better look at
> previous versions.
>
> Until a-a-p gives us the desired functionality, a CVS repository
> would be very welcome.

Today I have started using the CVS repository at SourceForge. You
should be able to checkout the "Exec" module, which is the Recipe
Executive. See http://www.a-a-p.org/download.html for more info.

I'm currently working on making it easy to upload to the CVS repository,
avoiding the need to type all kinds of magic commands and URLs. Soon
uploading should be as simple as "aap upload". Actually, this already
works for existing files, but I also want to automatically add and
remove files. That makes it work just like packing the files in an
archive and distributing this.

I haven't yet found a way to avoid having to type the password each
time. Ssh is used for authentication, and it does allow direct login by
storing the host key, but the SourceForge CVS server doesn't have shell
access.

Adding automatic updating from CVS should be the next step (and it's
probably quite simple).

Having read part of the CVS documentation reminded me how complicated
this is for distributing software. I'll also try to think of a simple
way that just uses files on an ftp or http server.

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