Isn't there a Java CVS client library used within jCVS? Unfortunately for me the library is under a GPL which doesn't let me use it within any ant tasks submitted to Jakarta.
The Microsofties should be able to compile a Java library into a .NET assembly using J#. (One might have to touch up the code here and there.) Then any application running within the CLR or able to use wrapped .NET code could use it regardless of language. The non-Java Unix heads could use C++ to access the Java library. I think there is an ant task that claims to automate wrapping a C++ interface around Java code and vice versa. Surely there is code on CPAN which interfaces with CVS even if it is really pushing a command line under the covers. Last I heard ActiveState is working on getting Perl to compile to the CLR. I think there is an effort to develop an open-source implementation of the CLR on Unix. This might help Unix heads who aspire to be Microsofties. James Lee Carpenter Software Engineer Household Technical Services 6602 Convoy Court San Diego, CA 92111 ph: 858-609-2461 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Shankar Unni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> om> cc: Sent by: Subject: RE: Providing the functionality of CVS as a library [EMAIL PROTECTED] g 11/01/2002 08:41 AM Alex Taler writes: > I'm interested in working on providing the functionality > of CVS as a library. I take it you mean the _client_ side of CVS as a library? Or are you talking about serving up CVS functionality from an embedded server? The first is quite useful - it would make it far more easy to wrap it in good GUI tools (instead of the somersaults that the various GUI clients have to go through today to parse the output). Also, providing hooks to provide standard client-side SCC APIs (like Microsoft's) also makes it more easy to integrate into IDEs. Unfortunately, there isn't much of a standard for these things outside the Micro$$$$ world.. Good idea.. -- Shankar. _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs